“Look at black people dying and suffering in South Africa. I ask why. W...” — Ron Dellums Quote

“Look at black people dying and suffering in South Africa. I ask why. We've dropped bombs on no one, we've harmed no one in the world, yet for some incredible reason, black people have suffered at an extraordinary level all over the world.”

“The government should not do everything for everybody all the time, but it should provide basic services to everyone who needs them. Education ought not be contingent on income or where you live. Neither should health.”

“If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.”

“I am so blessed that I have been able to live long enough to see a woman nominated for president.”

“Peace is more than simply the absence of war; it is the absence of conditions that give rise to war.”

“If the truth be known, we are on the verge of losing an entire generation of our young people, killing and dying in the streets of America.”

“When the bombs rain down, the Syrian Civil Defense rush in.”

“You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.”

“When writing, I'm not thinking about war, even if I'm writing about it. I'm thinking about sentences, rhythm and story. So the focus, when I'm working, even if it's on a story that takes place at war, is not on bombs or bullets. It's on the story.”

“The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke.”

“For myself, the way that I learned comedy was doing it live for four years, and only after doing sketch for four years did I feel confident enough to be like, 'Okay, I feel good about starting to put stuff on the Internet where it lives forever.' As opposed to one time at a college sketch show where it bombs and we never speak of it again.”

“For me, writing post-apocalyptic novels isn't so much about exploding helicopters and fifty-megaton doomsday bombs as it is about the pleasure of dealing with the best of everything that makes us human: cleverness, grit, loyalty, and self-sacrifice.”