9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for February 06, 2004

Transcript:

"One day I'd like to extend the hand of amity to all politicians everywhere. The monarchs, the despots, the presidents and prime ministers, the wise ones and the big ones." "And gather them all on a private island, way away from the rest of humanity, where they could meet, face to face, without their armies or weapons, only themselves in quiet retreat." "Then I'd leave the little maggots to fight it out among themselves with their own soft hands, and the rest of us could get some peace." "Wow." "It's almost a prayer." "When I'm sleep deprived from reading all the headlines, I get all spiritual."