"The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty."

"You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the twilight into the broadening day before the noon comes and the full sun is upon the landscape."

"If you want to make enemies, try to change something."

"Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership."

"Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon."

"I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war."

"The roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"It is a quiet truth that he who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war — an essential principle for the reflective life."