The fact that war belongs to the past, does not mean it has to be part of the future.

I believe that it is preferable sometimes to have one candidate rather another candidate, while you understand that that is not the solution. Sometimes the lesser evil is not so lesser, so you want to ignore that, and you either do not vote or vote for third party as a protest against the party system.

There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United States.

That whole idea of threats to national security is a very interesting one. The phrase is very useful for the government to try to encompass the citizenry in the same box as the government is in. To say, "We're all in this together. It threatens all of us."

Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.

The terrorism of the suicide bomber and the terrorism of aerial bombardment are indeed morally equivalent. To say otherwise (as either side might) is to give one moral superiority over the other, and thus serve to perpetuate the horrors of our time.

Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens.