quote of the moment

"the tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. there are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejdices -- to be found only in the minds of men. for the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own -- for the children and the children yet unborn. and the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the twilight zone."

-- extro, "the monsters are due on maple street" episode of "the
twilight zone"