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?

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.

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.

We need political leadership that will move the world away from war into solving its problems through dialogue and negotiation, to build friendship with people, which is not what we've had with this war on terror.

I was born into a Catholic family. I grew up in West Belfast. Faith was very important to us eight children and my mother and father. It was grounded in the Christian tradition of social involvement.

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