“in Detroit, in July of 1967, what happened was no less than a guerrilla uprising.The Second American Revolution.”

“The facts are always less than what really happened.”

“The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.”

“This is the difference between the Spanish advent and the American; that the technical revolution provoked by the first produced the Filipino, while the cultural upheaval provoked by the second merely helped us to become more aware of this Filipinoness.”

“With the single exception of the American Revolution, the aftermath of all revolutions from 1789 on only worsened the human condition.”

“The average Bhutanese knows much more about the world than the average American...(for Americans)It is more comfortable to watch fake news about celebrities than to know what's happening in China or southern Sudan. But events happening in China or Sudan affect us so much more because they are real.”