“I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.”

“Essentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But one of the reasons I'm attracted to people like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Christ, to pacifism, is because naturally, I'm the guy that would not turn the other cheek - but, when people see you're attracted to that, they think you are that.”

“People rid the room of argument until they have no one left — except people who agree with them. It is understandable. But I like a good argument.”

“What we're about in this band, I hope...is that we put people before ideas.”

“I do see the good in people, but I also see the bad --- I see it in myself. I know what I'm capable of. Good and bad. It's very imnportant that we make that clear. Just because I often find a way around the darkness doesn't mean tjat I don't know it's there. (Bono)”

“Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later”

“Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will.”