There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.
The western is a universal frame within which it's possible to comment on today.
There is a great streak of violence in every human being. If it is not channeled and understood, it will break out in war or in madness.
Well, killing a man isn't clean and quick and simple. It's bloody and awful. And maybe if enough people come to realize that shooting somebody isn't just fun and games, maybe we'll get somewhere.
The whole underside of our society has always been violence and still is. Churches, laws - everybody seems to think that man is a noble savage. But he's only an animal. A meat-eating, talking animal. Recognize it. He also has grace and love and beauty. But don't say to me we're not violent.
I'm a student of violence because I'm a student of the human heart.
I regard everything with irony, including the face I see in the mirror when I wake up in the morning.
But the most important part of everything is to be happy.
It took us 50 months in Germany, post World War II to go from the end of the war to a national election.
However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
Never for a moment believe that the great body of the citizens of any State or States can deliberately intend to do wrong. They may, under the influence of temporary excitement or misguided opinions, commit mistakes; they may be misled for a time by the suggestions of self-interest; but in a community so enlightened and patriotic as the people of the United States argument will soon make them sensible of their errors, and when convinced they will be ready to repair them.