I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to understand the world can profit from the works of Plato and Socrates, the behaviour of the three Thomases, Aquinas, More and Jefferson — the austere analyses of Immanuel Kant and the political leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt.


The World Is My Home (1991)

James A. Michener Quotes

I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to ...

I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to ...

I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to ...

I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to ...