I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. But for the mass of humanity it is an age that never was.
Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, 1992.
-- Shirley Hufstedler, (Aug 24 1925-2016), US government official; She was first secretary of Education during the Carter administration, 1979-1981.