There are good guys, and there are congressional people who are good guys, and I certainly vote in those elections. You know, my fondest dream would be if Obama, when he got out of office, decided he was going to go back and organize on the streets. He'd be the only person I could imagine who could really create a movement similar to what King did, and God knows we need that now.

Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.

The search is in the doing.

I was trying to disturb the war.

We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.

You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.

Action is the antidote to despair.