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Quotes from Progressive magazine interview — Martin Sheen

born 1940 United States

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I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Progressive magazine interview (2003)

Once you follow a path of nonviolence and social justice, it won't take you long before you come into conflict with the culture, with the society.

Progressive magazine interview (2003)

I learned I had to stand for something so I could stand to be me.

Progressive magazine interview (2003)

You can't project something on someone else that is damaging that person and not become that yourself, it seems to me.

Progressive magazine interview (2003)

I do it because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are.

Progressive magazine interview (2003)

You have to be prepared for the consequences. I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

Progressive magazine interview (2003)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin Sheen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.