The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.

Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs.

In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.

I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.

I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy.

Peace is the alternative to war, and nonviolence should be seen as the antidote to violence, not simply as its opposite. Nonviolence is more concerned with saving life than with saving face.

Life has its dimensions in the mysterious.