My pacifism came after I joined the army and was shipped over to Korea. There was a little one-room orphanage there called Song-do. There were 180 babies in there, and they were GI babies. The U.S. government would not acknowledge… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
“I didn't know what exhausted me emotionally until that moment, and I realized that the experience of being a soldier, with unlimited license for excess, excessive violence, excessive sex, was a blueprint for self-destruction. Because then I began to wake… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to be, she's… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
“Yes, the long memory is the most radical idea in this country. It is the loss of that long memory which deprives our people… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
Every good educator knows that true teaching is to teach kids how to ask the right questions. — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
You are about to be told one more time that you are America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they do to… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
When I was in Utah there, first learning the kind of music I love, my favorite singer was T. Texas Tyler. So my friend,… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
Folk music isn't owned by anybody. It is owned by everybody, like the national parks, the postal system, and the school system. It's our… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
“These kids don't have a little brother working in the coal mine, they don't have a little sister coughing her lungs out in the… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
I said, "OK, Ammon [Hennacy], I will try that." He said, "You came into the world armed to the teeth. With an arsenal of… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
![“I said, "OK, Ammon [Hennacy], I will try that." He said, "You came into the world armed to the teeth. With an arsenal of weapons, weapons of privilege, economic privilege, sexual privilege, racial privilege. You want to be a pacifist, you're not just going to have to give up guns, knives, clubs…” quote by Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/daf/utah-phillips-15584_angry_i-said-ok-ammon-hennacy-i-will-try-that_1112006.jpg)