I would secede from the old and declare the new. - Garry Davis

About Garry Davis

Sol Gareth "Garry" Davis (27 July 1921 – 24 July 2013) was an international peace activist best known for renouncing his American citizenship and interrupting the United Nations in 1948 to advocate for world government as a way to end nationalistic wars. His actions gained international attention, including support from intellectuals such as Albert Camus and Albert Einstein, but ridicule from Eleanor Roosevelt. Davis, an advocate for the , founded the non-profit in 1953 to educate and promote World government. The World Service Authority issues "world government documents", such as the , a fantasy travel document based on his interpretation of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted by the ,and on the concept of world citizenship. Davis served as an American bomber pilot in World War II and worked as a Broadway stage actor.