Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam.

It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned.

I found draft resistors very conscientious, reasonable, and not fanatics.

If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.

It's naive and even irresponsible for a grownup today to get her or his information about foreign policy and war and peace exclusively from the administration in power. It's essential to have other sources of information, to check those against one's own common sense, and to form your own judgment as to whether we ought to go to or persist in war.

Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.

We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.