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

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

I believe passionately in the power of people.

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.

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 vast majority of people have never hurt anybody in their lives, don't want killing, don't want wars. In all the countries of the world, they just want to love their families and get on with their lives.

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.