It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, [for] all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly.

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...?

Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.

The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.

People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.

It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one.

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.