I would adopt a standpoint, irrespective of whether someone was for or against it, if I felt deeply that it was right for the movement.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I would hope to inspire in my listeners a feeling of freedom - of speech, thought and political activity.
I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less getting a bad shake.
I'd like to think I would have signed the Civil Rights bill and wouldn't have had any issues with it.
I would be in support of giving the military commanders more latitude in their rules of engagement rather than be restricted to the point we're tying someone's hands behind their back.
I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.
I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.
I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was going in the same direction. Then I'd get lazy and get off the track. And then things would start to fall apart, and I'd back up and get it together again.
To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place.
I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking.
In fact, I would defend to the death their right to express a different point of view.