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

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

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

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.