Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.
Category Archive: Dorothy Day
Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.
Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do.
As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a second mile.
We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.
We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by the workers of their means of production.
The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?
It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us – to see Christ in him.
First of all, let it be remembered that I speak as an ex-Communist and one who has not testified before Congressional Committees, nor written works on the Communist conspiracy.
Words are as strong and powerful as bombs, as napalm.