Garry Davis

“The Madisons, Monroes and Jeffersons... had not merely urged a central government... [they] had declared it... they ceased to be mere proponents of an idea and became practitioners... This, the World Federalists were not willing to do. ...I would bring about world government ...simply by declaring myself an actual citizen of that government and then behaving like one.”

“"One world or none," wrote Wendell Willkie; "One world or none," reaffirmed Bertrand Russell and Albert Schweitzer; "One world or none," repeated Ghandi and Einstein. And in this, for the first time, I saw the provincialism of my own thinking. It was nation-centric.”

“Ever since my first mission over Brandenburg, I had felt pangs of conscience... I had begun to question the morality of punishing the German people... How many bombs had I dropped? How many men, women and children had I murdered? Wasn’t there another way...”

“If you have any restrictions artificially imposed on your own free intelligence, I want this book to be the rubber stamp which reads: The above restriction is hereby removed. ...It is an act of faith.”

“[M]odern man—as man of ages past—doesn't know himself. He... has lost confidence in his own, innate capacity. He restricts himself. ...Man's deadliest, self-imposed, restrictive device is nationalism.”

“A young... United States citizen... handed me his passport... on one page... was affixed a rubber stamp stating... restricted from travel to... several... nations. ...I ...stamped ...directly beneath ...the above restriction is hereby removed.”

“A lot of times it works, and a lot of times it doesn’t, and we make no bones about that... But if you’re dealing with bureaucrats who recognize documents rather than human beings, then we will issue the documents. And if the bureaucrat doesn’t recognize it, whose fault is that?”

“Peace doesn't come through hope, prayer or time; we have to reach out and grasp what is within reach.”

“Here we are, in one little world, one planet... Everybody agrees that world government is the logical solution...”

“Why am I killing people in their homes... schools and factories..? Why wasn't I arrested for killing people? Whey weren't they?”