and a grander civilization. This minority that is so much misunderstood
and so bitterly maligned, is in alliance with the forces of evolution,
and as certain as I stand before you this afternoon, it is but a
question of time until this minority will become the conquering majority
and inaugurate the greatest change in all of the history of the world.
You may hasten the change; you may retard it; you can no more prevent it
than you can prevent the coming of the sunrise on the morrow.

"My friend, the assistant prosecutor, doesn't like what I had to say in
my speech about internationalism. What is there objectionable to
internationalism? If we had internationalism there would be no war. I
believe in patriotism. I have never uttered a word against the flag. I
love the flag as a symbol of freedom. I object only when that flag is
prostituted to base purposes, to sordid ends, by those who, in the name
of patriotism, would keep the people in subjection.

"I believe, however, in a wider patriotism. Thomas Paine said, 'My
country is the world. To do good is my religion.' Garrison said, 'My
country is the world and all mankind are my countrymen.' That is the
essence of internationalism. I believe in it with all my heart. I
believe that nations have been pitted against nations long enough in
hatred, in strife, in warfare. I believe there ought to be a bond of
unity between all of these nations. I believe that the human race
consists of one great family. I love the people of this country, but I
don't hate the people of any country on earth--not even the Germans. I
refuse to hate a human being because he happens to be born in some other
country. Why should I? To me it does not make any difference where he
was born or what the color of his skin may be. Like myself he is the
image of his creator. He is a human being endowed with the same
faculties, he has the same aspirations, he is entitled to the same
rights, and I would infinitely rather serve him and love him than to
hate him and kill him.

"We hear a great deal about human brotherhood--a beautiful and inspiring
theme. It is preached from a countless number of pulpits. It is vain for
us to preach of human brotherhood while we tolerate this social system
in which we are a mass of warring units, in which millions of workers
have to fight one another for jobs, and millions of business men and
professional men have to fight one another for trade, for practice--in
which we have indivi