That will be my focus: building a culture that moves away from militarism.

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.

The cross to me is complete nonviolence because Jesus said, "Love your enemy. Do not kill." I realized that I could never kill anyone or hurt anyone, but I was committed to trying to bring about social and political and economic change.

...I believe, with Gandhi, that we need to take an imaginative leap forward toward fresh and generous idealism for the sake of all humanity - that we neeed to renew this ancient wisdom of nonviolence, to strive for a disarmed world, and to create a culture of nonviolence.

The experience of a lot of us women is that too much money is being spent on militarism and war. We need human security: food, education, health care for our children. We don't want to waste it on wars and militarism. That will be our focus: building a culture that moves away from militarism.

People keep me going. I believe people are wonderful.

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