The trouble is that nonviolence is so often defined as refusal to fight, and that is the American definition of cowardice. In fact, marching unarmed against the guns and dogs of the police requires more courage than does aggression. The perverted idea of manhood coming from the barrel of a gun is what keeps people from understanding nonviolence.

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.

I want to make America better!

The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president.

So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent.

When everyone is included, everyone wins.

Surrender had played out for good with me.