There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in…

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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a...

The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a...

Well, I think I was always sort of reflecting where I was and my sense...

Well, I think I was always sort of reflecting where I was and my sense...

My father had very little formal education.

My father had very little formal education.

Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and...

Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and...

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised...

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised...

I don't know what more to say. I mean, we're all going to die in...

I don't know what more to say. I mean, we're all going to die in...

One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.

One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.

You just have to do what you know is right.

You just have to do what you know is right.

Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired...

Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired...

And their conviction is that if it is done with that kind of purity it...

And their conviction is that if it is done with that kind of purity it...

We have one of our priests in prison right now, Steve Kelly, for his antiwar...

We have one of our priests in prison right now, Steve Kelly, for his antiwar...

I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order.

I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order.

You can't bank on the outcome.

You can't bank on the outcome.

I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.

I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.

I'd like to die with my boots on.

I'd like to die with my boots on.

I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.

I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

Most Americans would agree that Plowshares is a Theatre of the Absurd.

Most Americans would agree that Plowshares is a Theatre of the Absurd.

You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you...

You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you...

The Jesuits I know who have died and all their lives were great teachers, they're...

The Jesuits I know who have died and all their lives were great teachers, they're...