Quote by William O. Douglas

This means we must subject the machine technology to control and cease despoiling the earth and filling people with goodies merely to make money. The search of the young today is more specific than the ancient search for the Holy Grail. The search of the youth today is for ways and means to make the machine and the vast bureaucracy of the corporation state and of government that runs that machine the servant of man. That is the revolution that is coming. That revolution now that the people hold the residual powers of government need not be a repetition of 1776. It could be a revolution in the nature of an explosive political regeneration. It depends on how wise the Establishment is. If, with its stockpile of arms, it resolves to suppress the dissenters, America will face, I fear, an awful ordeal.

Summary

This quote emphasizes the need to control and prioritize machine technology, as well as to protect the environment and human welfare instead of solely pursuing profit. It suggests that the youth today seek a revolutionary transformation where machines and bureaucratic systems serve humanity, rather than the other way around. The quote also warns that if the establishment fails to recognize this desire for change and instead suppresses dissent, a challenging and difficult period may await America. The outcome and nature of this revolution will depend on the wisdom and actions of those in power.