I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.

The quintessential revolution is that of spirit. Without this, the forces which produce the inequalities of the old order will continue to operate.

It is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove that the spirit of man can transcend the flaws of his own nature.

Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.

There should be no political prisoners in a democratic country.

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic.