Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.
“To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way.”
“In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.”