I support this proposal and agree with this great and important initiative to abolish militarism and war. I will continue to speak out for an end to the institution of militarism and war and for institutions built on international law and human rights and nonviolent conflict resolution.

I believe passionately in the power of people.

We are all invited to work together for peace. We shall join hands and minds to work for peace through active nonviolence. We shall help one another, encourage one another and learn from one another how to bring peace to our children and to all.

It's not for me to say from the outside what the Palestinian people should have. That would be very arrogant.

We have really got to create a culture in our world today where we recognize that every human life is sacred and precious and we have no right to take another human life.

I go to places and I see all these people working on peace education and on a culture of nonviolence and non-killing. You look at all these different movements going on: the environment movement, the interfaith movement, the human rights movement, the youth movement, and the arts movement.

I believe we are on the edge of a quantum leap into a whole new way of organizing and living as a human family.