“In most communities it is illegal to cry "fire" in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims? ”
“The distemper of which, as a community, we are sick, should be considered rather as a moral than a political malady.”
“It is illegal to yell “fire” in a crowded theater. If there is a fire, please yell something else instead, like “Flames!” or “Smoke maker!” or “Bad hot!”
“The aim of poetry and the poet is finally to be of service, to ply the effort of the individual into the larger work of the community as a whole.”
“When efforts to live happily start with TEARS and end with CRY. Assemble a part from tears and a part from cry and make it-TRY.”
“No, I know all the war rhetoric, but it's all aimed at achieving peace.”