All Daniel Berrigan Quotes
- The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the… Across
- A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal. Avoids
- Instead of building the peace by attacking injustices like starvation, disease, illiteracy, political and economic servitude, we spend a trillion dollars on war since 1946,… Attacking
- Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death… American
- The death of a single human being is too heavy a price for the vindication of any principle, however sacred. Any
- If you are going to follow Jesus, you better look good on wood. Better
- One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. Called
- The sponsors of war closely resemble the weapons they create. And smart bombs, depleted uranium, land mines, rockets and tanks, rather than protect 'widows and… Bombs
- Of course, let us have peace, we cry, "but at the same time let us have normalcy, let us lose nothing, let our lives stand… Bring
- One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the… Attempt
- No principle is worth the sacrifice of a single human being. Human
- I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order. Applied
- I think of my brother just out of prison again. He will have spent ten years of the last 30 in prison. Brother
- The Jesuits I know who have died and all their lives were great teachers, they're the least remembered people All
- Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make… Actors
- The gift we can offer others is so simple a thing as hope. Gift
- For my part, I believe that the vain, glorious and the violent will not inherit the earth. . . . In pursuance of that faith… All
- Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue. Connection
- It's not going to be easy to change things. Change
- We have one of our priests in prison right now for his antiwar actions, and three of us in the community are forbidden to visit… Action