It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.

In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.

Human unity is not something we are called on to create — only something we are called on to recognize.

The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American history... Our military men and women...were not called to defend America but rather to attack Iraq. They were not called to die for, but rather to kill for, their country. What more unpatriotic thing could we have asked of our sons and daughters...?

There are three kinds of patriots, two bad, one good. The bad ones are the uncritical lovers and the loveless critics. Good patriots carry on a lover's quarrel with their country, a reflection of God's lover's quarrel with all the world.

We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.

To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.