It's simply a national acknowledgement
that in any kind of priority,
the needs of human beings must come first.
Poverty is here and now.
Hunger is here and now.
Racial tension is here and now.
Pollution is here and now.
These are the things that scream for a response.
And if we don't listen to that scream -
and if we don't respond to it -
we may well wind up sitting amidst our own rubble,
looking for the truck that hit us -
or the bomb that pulverized us.
Get the license number of whatever it was
that destroyed the dream.
And I think we will find that the vehicle
was registered in our own name.
Rod Serling, 1970 USC Commencement Address
