Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane.

We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.

Education can, and should be, dangerous.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.

The problem in this world is not civil disobedience...th e problem in this world is civil obedience.

The will to dare, the power to act.

You know who is for you and against you when you confront.

Owning a great golf course gives you great power.

Life lived somehow for love is life never wasted.

I think that the Democratic Party is a big tent, which means that there are positions I may not agree with.

Grace is more than God opening the door to salvation; it’s God bringing people in.

I've never been quarantined. But the more I look around the more I think it might not be a bad idea.

Don't let ups and downs leave you down and out.

I understand that everything is connected, that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea.

Consciousness: That annoying time between naps