In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist.

If I can't love Hitler, I can't love at all.

In the defense of civil liberties there can be no exceptions, or there will soon be many.

Educational enterprises do not for any length of time remain immune from the struggle of interests for power which is the dominant feature of social life under a class system.

The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.

There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are quiet, all is well. Subconsciously, we tend to give the preference to 'social peace,' though it be only apparent, because our lives and possessions seem then secure. Actually, human beings acquiesce too easily in evil conditions; they rebel far too little and too seldom. There is nothing noble about acquiescence in a cramped life or mere submission to superior force.

Paradoxically, life is worth living for those who have something for which they will gladly give up life.