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I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress.

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.

What I do isn't radical. It's just distinct in small ways.

Radicals must be resilient, adaptable to shifting political circumstances, and sensitive enough to the process of action and reaction to avoid being trapped by their own tactics and forced to travel a road not of their choosing. In short, radicals must have a degree of control over the flow of events.

I am a radical.

He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.

I'm a radical, and I always have been.

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative', one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary', one who won't go at all.

To say 'radical feminist' is only a way of indicating that I believe the sexual caste system is a root of race and class and other divisions.