Every revolution seems impossible at the beginning, and after it happens, it was inevitable.

Injustice anywhere is an assault on all of us. That means that we all can get busy.

We should open our eyes, see what's in front of us, and act.

I thought in 1965 that my job was to convince most Americans to be against the war. So I spent summers knocking on doors, handing out literature, trying to talk to people who didn't agree with me, trying to get them to see the war was wrong. And by 1968 a majority of Americans did oppose the war.

I proposed a law that every country where the U.S. has a military base - those people should be allowed to vote in the American election.

I don't think saying "I was wrong here, I was wrong there" absolves you of anything particularly, nor does it get you into heaven.

I was terrible student at Michigan, terrible. Because there was too much else to do. I was learning form too many other sources to go to class.