"Here at home and throughout the world people are fighting back against the forces of wealth, privilege, and militarism - some because they have no choice, others because they would choose no other course but the one that leads to peace and justice."

"Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people in power the public welfare, and under vain pretence of preserving the peace, abandon the empire to robbers who would plunder it"

"There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else."

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

"That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; that until there is no longer any first-class and second-class citizens of any nation; that until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; that until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all, without regard to race -- until that day, the dreams of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained."

"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it."