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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.

— Martin Sheen Progressive magazine interview (2003)

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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.

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

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My only regret about having four children is that I didn't have four more.

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I love being Spanish as much as I love being Irish, and I really love being Irish.

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

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