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?

We are all invited to work together for peace. We shall join hands and minds to work for peace through active nonviolence. We shall help one another, encourage one another and learn from one another how to bring peace to our children and to all.

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

Our common humanity is more important than all the things that divide us.

Those of us who believe in human rights and the truth - particularly the journalists and the media - should stand in defense of Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. We owe them a lot for telling us the truth of what is happening in our world, and that is why I would continue to support them.

Setting aside human rights and international law to have an agenda of war and killing and occupation to me is totally unacceptable.

We need now to build a culture of genuine nonviolence and real democracy.