Man is not made for the state; the state is made for man. To deprive man of freedom is to relegate him to the status of a thing, rather than elevate him to the status of a person. Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself.

We live in a world of guided missiles and misguided men.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable . . .

A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred.

A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.

The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.

You cannot defect form an insight. You cannot unsee what you have seen.