Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers. He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign. He who opens a school door, closes a prison. Music expresses that which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Older men declare war.
But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth that must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow, and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war. The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people. Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.