To enable consensus politics to develop we need to empower people where they live. This means devolving financial resources and political power down to the community level. One of the greatest blocks to movement is fear. This fear can only be removed when people feel their voices are being heard by government and when they have a say in their own lives and communities.

To stand up for peace and against war and for disarmament is very courageous here in America.

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.

People have the right to come and choose their own political solutions.

One great hope lies in the fact that there is a new consciousness in our World, particularly among young people.

We really can do things in support of each other very, very quickly.

I witnessed a lot of violence, and I found myself asking the question: Do you ever use violence to try to bring about political change?