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

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.

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.

Communism is one of the options that can improve people's lives.

Reading is more important than writing.

Home is not a place. Home is security, predictability, reliability, dependability, safety, permanence combined together.

It doesn't cost anything to be a good person, but yet there are toxic people around us that will try to tax our lives.

for meobedience to another is the decay of self.for though every being is similareach being is differentand to herd our differencesunder one lawdegrades each self.

Secession withdraws the State out of the reach of the usurped powers

A bottomless pit of violence, a Tower of Babel where all are speakers and no hearers.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

During my school visits, I really enjoy the feedback I get from them much more than anything I might tell say to them.

Pluck with quick hand the fruit that passes.