So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote I do not possess myself. I cannot make up my mind - it is made up for me. I cannot live as a democratic citizen, observing the laws I have helped to enact - I can only submit to the edict of others.

I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective -- the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been nonconformists. In any cause that concerns the progress of mankind, put your faith in the nonconformist!

I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for.

Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody.

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.