I have always been inspired by the American peace movement because it is operating in a very hard and militarist environment.

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.

We as a human family are on this train that is taking us into more and more war and more and more abuse of human rights where a lot of civilians are being killed and where human rights and international law are being set aside by America and NATO.

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.

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

President Obama continues to support war. He continues to remove many basic civil liberties and human rights. He continues to condone drones in Pakistan and Afghanistan that kill women and children. He meets with his advisers every Tuesday morning and signs extrajudicial killings. To me, those are not the actions of a peace person.