Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.

War is only an invention, not a biological necessity.

I approached the idea of college with the expectation of taking part in an intellectual feast. ... In college, in some way that I devoutly believed in but could not explain, I expected to become a person.

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.

The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, but instead sharpen their perceptions and fight to make the dream actuality.

there are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.

Our human situation no longer permits us to make armed dichotomies between those who are good and those who are evil, those who are right and those who are wrong. The first blow dealt to the enemy's children will sign the death warrant of our own.