a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor
ones.
Any writer has to believe he or she is doing great things in order to have a chance
to do great things. You have to employ a willing suspension of disbelief, just in
order to keep going - to have a chance to write that anti-war novel that will stop
glaciers.
You also have to believe in yourself to stand in front of the national guard tank,
to hold a sign on the street corner as the long, black limousines with the tiny
American flags go by, to carry a peace flag in the Fourth of July parade, or to
sit in the congressman's office and refuse to leave until he understands that
killing children for a profit is wrong.
You have to believe in yourself to dream big in America.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance - somebody said that.
We have not been vigilant, we have been watching TV.
We think the country runs on cruise control, the heavy lifting having been done
earlier in the morning by those who gave us the eight-hour day, the minimum wage,
ended war. THEY suffered, THEY struggled, THEY died, that we might be free.
That is where our thanks should go and where our examples lie.
Not in the military.
On this tour I'm trying to do my part. Before leaving home I dropped a letter
in the mailbox.
[Read Tax Protest Letter]
March 27, 2001
Internal Revenue Service
Kansas City, MO
Hello.
Enclosed is a crossed-out tax form.
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