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"As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government."
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"Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle."
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"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom."
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"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses."
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"I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government."
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"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."
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"You measure a government by how few people need help."
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"Americans accept that gangsters are running the government."
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"The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments."
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"No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal."
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"A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation."
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"For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles."
Life
"But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist."
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"No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations."
Being
"Every actor wants to direct."
Actor
"By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul."
Soul
"All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice."
Power
"I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go."
Tradition
"Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route."
Perception
"You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them."
Travel
"No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation."
Time
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