He likes to take strolls by himself and believes dog-catchers are friendly innkeepers who'll take care of a meal. He's gullible and has never learned to fight back against a ruthless world.

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?

Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi.

They motivate us to play, be affectionate, seek adventure and be loyal.

A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible.

I think people are entitled to march without a permit. When you have a few hundred thousand people on the street you have permission.

Our crime was that we were beginning to live a new and contagious life-style without official authorization.

I am the Vietcong. We are everywhere! We are all Vietcong.

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.

Then you have [Donald] Trump. So it could be the tightest, most hazardous race in political history and we can't afford to allow Trump to slither through. So that's where I'm at.

Gentrification and consumerism... have destroyed the character of my favorite American haunts, like North Beach, Berkeley, Venice and Aspen.

Your days are only important if you decide to make them important.

As there was no form of government common to the peoples thus segregated, nor tie of language, history, habit or belief, they were called a Republic.

PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.

I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.

It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he feels the moment he turns off the television.

It's kinda hard bein humble in the belly of the struggle, Doin things that probably get you in trouble.

Even if you only counted the votes that actually made it through the hoops in order to be cast, the president was really Al Gore.

I'm so gullible. I'm so damn gullible. And I am so sick of me being gullible.

The less inhibited you are the better.

Twitter is like hugging. Just because it's hard to measure the return on investment doesn't mean there isn't value there.