Eisenhower, Dwight David -- Speech, Tenth Colombo Plan Meeting, Seattle (10 Nov 1958)

Dave — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:44:29 +0000

In vast stretches of the earth, men awoke today in hunger. They will spend the day in unceasing toil. And as the sun goes down they will still know hunger. They will see suffering in the eyes of their children. Many despair that their labor will ever decently shelter their families or protect them against disease. So long as this is so, peace and freedom will be in danger throughout our world. For wherever free men lose hope of progress, liberty will be weakened and the seeds of conflict will be sown.

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) American general, US President (1953-61)
Speech, Tenth Colombo Plan Meeting, Seattle (10 Nov 1958)

Adams, Douglas -- Last Chance to See, ch. 3 (1990)

Dave — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:16:27 +0000

Most of the other shops were in fact impossible to identify. When a shop appeared to sell a mixture of ghetto blasters, socks, soap and chickens, it didn’t seem unreasonable to go in and ask if they’d got any paper or toothpaste stuck away in one of their shelves as well, but they looked at me as if I was completely mad. Couldn’t I see that this was a ghetto blaster, socks, soap and chicken shop?

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 3 (1990)

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Eisenhower, Dwight David -- Speech, Tenth Colombo Plan Meeting, Seattle (10 Nov 1958)

Adams, Douglas -- Last Chance to See, ch. 3 (1990)