Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.

It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.

It's not our weaknesses that frighten us. It's our strengths.

One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible. Time and time again, conflicts are resolved through shifts that were unimaginable at the start.

When we decided to take up arms, it was because the only other choice was to surrender and to submit to slavery.

There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested.

I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.