Nancy T. Lucas Quotes

“See?” said Scout to Benne who tried to melt into the ground by becoming very flat. “See what happens when you don’t listen? When you go off and do whatever and you have no idea what you’re doing?”“Yes,” agreed Chisolm sternly, frowning at Benne.“Yes, it’s very clear what happens,” said Zap.“Yes,” agreed Zip. “You get a purple fire-breathing dragon that has no idea how to fly instead of a cynical mule.”

“I think if you're going to be committed to doing anything, you really have to care about it, and I suppose that is a romantic idea.”

“A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.”

“I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.”

“Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.”

“The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain.”

“If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.”

“I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them.”

“My youth is like a scab: under it there is a wound that every day leaks blood. It disfigures me.”

“An educated, healthy & confident nation is harder to govern”