Bill Hicks Quotes
It seems to me that there will be a point in out development or our evolution where you put your guns aside.
Hicks, Bill. Love All the People: Letters, Lyrics, Routines. Soft Skull Press, 2004.
At the beginning of his Presidency Roosevelt urged Congress to disarm. A few years later he was urging heavy expenditures for armaments and Congress was then reluctant.
The statement he coined was one of the most common slogans in the 1960s. It was on signs, bumper stickers, T-shirts—even tattoos on people’s bodies. It is still a favorite of peace advocates.
Such a proposal was first made in America in 1792. See Benjamin Banneker.
William Melvin Hicks was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician. His material—encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy—was controversial and often steeped in dark comedy.
