I do take the threat of terrorism seriously. You cannot eliminate that threat or diminish that threat by bombing a country.

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.

A house is never small or empty, when filled with love.

Digital age of business and world shall move up from apathy, to sympathy, to empathy.

First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library.

The advantage to fighting the evils that are in plain sight is the fact that it is quite easy to win-over the "opposition".

The purpose of social work should not be to distribute favours, but to restore rights.

if you don't get sick, you won't get well.

When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention.

The fact is that until I saw paintings as icons, I couldn't see why people painted at all.

We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make.

My dad was a big card player.