David Selby Quotes
The only thing I wish I had kept were all the peace beads, because in the 1960s people made these and hung them at protests and it was a wonderful thing.
The Soviet Union at that time was a totalitarian state and dissent such as a peace movement was impossible.
This quotation was documented by an FBI illegal wiretap of King and his associates. The illegal wiretap had been insisted upon by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover who was a racist and somewhat of a paranoid about communists. However, Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy personally approved the illegal wiretap.
The communists in America opposed war and thus stood with the conservatives on this point. However, when Hitler attacked Russia, the Communists changed their position and supported American entry into the war. The America First type conservatives were enamored of Fascism, Hitler and Mussolini and some continued to oppose the war, even after we were attacked at Pearl Harbor and Hitler had declared war on the United States.
David Lynn Selby is an American film, television and stage actor. He is best known for playing Quentin Collins in the daytime soap opera Dark Shadows (1968–71), and Richard Channing in the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest (1982–90). Selby also had prominent roles in the television series Flamingo Road (1981–82), and the feature film Raise the Titanic (1980). Also a published writer, Selby has written several books including novels, memoirs, and collections of poetry.
