The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

If I hit you and you hit me and I hit you back and you hit me back and go on, you see, that goes on ad infinitum. It just never ends. Somewhere somebody must have a little sense, and that's the strong person.

Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world

A final victory is an accumulation of many short-term encounters. To lightly dismiss a success because it does not usher in a complete order of justice is to fail to comprehend the process of achieving full victory.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

I think there can be a collective leadership. Maybe some symbolize the struggle [for human's rights] a little more than others, but I think it's absolutely necessary for the leadership to be united in order to make the revolution effective.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.