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It is not according to my mode of doing things, to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.

War of aggression, war which does not imply defense of one's country, is a collective crime.

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom.

If the charge against me is that I fight to win, and I'm intense, then I'm guilty.

It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense.

When you loot or behave violently, you give grounds to those that try to justify illegal police abuse. You become the poster child for them to say, 'See, we have no choice but to shoot and kill, or use a chokehold, because just look at the way they behave.'

I know that I'm not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music.

I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech.

Sometimes to do the right thing, you have to break a law. And the key there is in terms of civil disobedience. You have to make sure that what you're risking, what you're bringing onto yourself, does not serve as a detriment to anyone else. It doesn't hurt anybody else.