We reject the way the world is at the moment and we don't accept nuclear weapons

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?

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

We need radical thinking, creative ideas, and imagination.

In Northern Ireland, people said there would never be a solution. But once people begin to have the political will and force their governments to sit down, it can happen.

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.

I believe we are on the edge of a quantum leap into a whole new way of organizing and living as a human family.