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A militarized police force facing down innocent protesters with sniper rifles and machine guns is totally unacceptable in America.

The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might.

The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.

The U.S. military is the best-trained, most effective fighting force the world has ever known. And the conduct of the vast majority of our service members makes Americans rightfully proud.

Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs.

My own feeling is that one should refuse to participate in any activity that implements American aggression - thus tax refusal, draft refusal, avoidance of work that can be used by the agencies of militarism and repression, all seem to me essential.

It is impossible to think of a world in which America was not there in the honorable service of humanity.

America does not always need to be the world's bodyguard.

There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.