When you fight a war against a tyrant, who do you kill? You kill the victims of the tyrant.

[W]e're taught that if one person kills another person, that is murder; but if a government kills a hundred thousand persons, that is patriotism.

Since war itself is the most extreme form of terrorism, a war on terrorism is profoundly self-contradictory.

When we organize with one another, when we get involved, when we stand up and speak out together, we can create a power no government can suppress.

But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation.

I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of thinking, by some significant, though small event. That belief can be frightening, or exhilarating, depending on whether you just contemplate it or do something with it.

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.