Words like ''freedom,'' ''justice,'' ''democracy'' are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.

There is a ''sanctity'' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.

The future is... black.