The most exciting things going on in America today are movements to change America.

I am not a political person. My involvement in the Free Speech Movement is religious and moral... I don't know what made me get up and give that first speech. I only know I had to. What was it Kierkegaard said about free acts? They're the ones that, looking back, you realize you couldn't help doing.

The university is a vast public utility which turns out future workers in today's vineyard, the military-industrial complex.

Having a place in this society is far less important than creating a society in which one would want to have a place.

You can't disobey the rules every time you disapprove. However, when you're considering something that constitutes an extreme abridgement of your rights, conscience is the court of last resort.