“Only by shifting attention from the question ‘How can the United States make itself secure?’ to the question ‘How can the world make itself secure?’ can we begin to reverse the tide of events that are sweeping us into the world that Orwell foresaw. Whether our grandchildren feel pride or shame will be determined by whether we become the first great empire to have higher ambitions than to be a great empire.”
Jasonvb
Apr 29 2003
11:46 am
“Only by shifting attention from the question ‘How can the United States make itself secure?’ to the question ‘How can the world make itself secure?’ can we begin to reverse the tide of events that are sweeping us into the world that Orwell foresaw. Whether our grandchildren feel pride or shame will be determined by whether we become the first great empire to have higher ambitions than to be a great empire.”
—Richard Rorty