I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.

The point of nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink. A platform which stands a few feet above napalm, torture, exploitation, poison gas, A and H bombs, the works. Give man a decent place to stand.

That's all nonviolence is - organized love.

I have been true to the principles of nonviolence, developing a stronger and stronger aversion to the ideologies of both the far right and the far left and a deeper sense of rage and sorrow over the suffering they continue to produce all over the world.

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.