» You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
» You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
» You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
» You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.
» Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.
» My alma mater was books, a good library. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
» It's just like when you've got some coffee that's too black, which means it's too strong. What do you do? You integrate it with cream, you make it weak. But if you pour too much cream in it, you won't even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep.
» Power never takes a step back except in the face of more power.
» A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
» I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.