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“The only way you can get at the state is by dealing with its laws.”

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Philip Berrigan was a renowned peace activist. Born on October 5, 1923, and passing away on December 6, 2002, Berrigan played a significant role in anti-war and anti-nuclear movements through nonviolent protests and direct action. more

“[ To break the law] would still be an imperative. I guess we do it for both reasons. You try to be a Christian, you try to come from that tradition of the Jewish prophets and then Christ and everything since. That becomes your handbook. "Witness" is the key word. You witness against the injustice, against the atrocity, against the heavy-handedness, and all the rest. We try to make a statement to other people, and we try to say it's your responsibility, too.”

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Author:Philip Berrigan

“You have a responsibility to confront the war games - the American killing machine.”

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“We have military bases all over the world, and that's purely to protect our portfolio abroad.Our investments, and our production, our exploitation of cheap labor and raw materials. We're on the scene to do that, and the military is there to see that it happens.”

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“The Pentagon is, admissibly, the most powerful institution in history.”

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“I love hearing stories, telling stories, sharing stories. I've shared 37,000 on the Oprah show! Every day I was like the town crier.”

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Author:Oprah Winfrey

“I've never listened to jazz. It's just not something I ever paid attention to.”

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“I thought, If I'm gonna run a jazz club, if I've got Miles Davis' posters in my bar, I should at least know what his horn sounds like.”

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“I was in the gym working on my triceps, and I was thinking, just as I did the 50-pound pulldown, I am going to be in better shape by the end of the year [2016] than I've ever been in my life. I really just smiled at the notion: Wow, what a thing.”

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“There is a seeded bread that I bring from South Africa. I bring home 10, 20 loaves. I am so bad with this bread. I've literally been in hotels and brought my own: "Please, can you toast this? I have my own bread." They're like, "You have your own bread?" And I'll pull it out!”

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