I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.

When more and more people want something, it becomes easier to achieve that goal.

We demand a non-violent world where human security is the basis of our common global security. People have the right to live in a world where the basic needs of all peoples are addressed. No more military attacks. No more war.

North Americans do not understand that you do not throw down human rights like bombs on the Iraqis.

Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants.

I have never had a governmental position, and I will never accept such a position.

I have never been convinced throughout my life that one needs to be imitating others. I even tell my daughters not to look at me as a model.