Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

People should go where they are not supposed to go, say what they are not supposed to say, and stay when they are told to leave.

We need to assert our allegiance to the human race, and not to any one nation.

George Orwell said, "Whoever controls the past controls the future," by which he meant that history is incredibly important in shaping the world view of the next generation of people.

Let's face a historical truth: we have never had a "free market", we have always had government intervention in the economy, and indeed that intervention has been welcomed by the captains of finance and industry. They had no quarrel with "big government" when it served their needs.

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.

The rule of law does not do away with the unequal distribution of wealth and power, but reinforces that inequality with the authority of law. It allocates wealth and poverty in such calculated and indirect ways as to leave the victim bewildered.