Garry Davis

American actor turned peace activist (1921-2013)

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Garry Davis, stateless world citizen, applicant v. Konstantin Chernenko, President of the Supreme Soviet, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Ronald Wilson Reagan, President of the United States, respondents
Cher Monde
Dear world
DEAR WORLD, A Global Odyssey
Letters To World Citizens

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“Why am I killing people in their homes... schools and factories..? Why wasn't I arrested for killing people? Whey weren't they?”
“Here we are, in one little world, one planet... Everybody agrees that world government is the logical solution...”
“Peace doesn't come through hope, prayer or time; we have to reach out and grasp what is within reach.”
“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?”
“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.”
“[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.”