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“I'm just a feeble old man but I represent the spirit of speaking out.”
“I'm against military methods.”
“This court is in contempt of human life, dignity and justice.”
“If the U.S. has its Vietnam... the Soviet Union has its Czechoslovakia. If the U.S. has its blacks and chicanos, then the Soviets have their Jews.”
“Charlie Parker said, 'Jazz comes from who you are, where you've been, what you've done. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.' It's the same with the revolution.”
“It is time to stop talking about non-violence and to begin talking about force without violence.”
“The worst thing that can happen to the New Left in this country is to turn the struggle into a military struggle against the establishment.”
“Because I helped organize non-violent protest in Chicago, New York and Washington, I am denied the fundamental freedom to travel to London, even for the purpose of visiting my daughter.”
“My position has always been to avoid violence to avoid provocation.”
“No matter how superficially fair the judge is, he is still the complete autocrat in the courtroom, and he still comes from the ruling class.”
“I believe in equality.”
“It's one thing to be prejudiced. It's another to be a liar.”
“A man is just as dead if he dies of malnutrition as of bullets.”