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> [Yes I know my enemies. They're the teachers who taught me to fight me, compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission, ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite, all of which are American dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/yes-i-know-my-enemies-they-re-the-teachers-who-taught-me-to-fight-me/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

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## Other authors on Assimilation

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-norbert-elias-71917.jpg) Norbert Elias 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assimilation/norbert-elias/)

## More by Zack de la Rocha

> [Without just cause of reason, without legal or moral justification, and without a thread of proof that Iraq directly threatens the security of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/without-just-cause-of-reason-without-legal-or-moral-justification-and/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [I think animals should be free. There's so much other food out there that doesn't have to involve you in that cycle of pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/i-think-animals-should-be-free-there-s-so-much-other-food-out-there/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [I think every revolutionary act is an act of love. Every song that I've written, it is because of my desire to use music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/i-think-every-revolutionary-act-is-an-act-of-love-every-song-that-i/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [A friend of ours said if the same laws were applied to U.S. Presidents as were applied to the Nazis after WWII, that every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/a-friend-of-ours-said-if-the-same-laws-were-applied-to-u-s-presidents/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [Your anger is a gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/your-anger-is-a-gift/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [The classroom's the last room to get the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/the-classroom-s-the-last-room-to-get-the-truth/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/one-of-the-great-things-about-young-people-is-that-they-do-question/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [Fools follow rules when the set commands you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/fools-follow-rules-when-the-set-commands-you/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [When ignorance reigns, life is lost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/when-ignorance-reigns-life-is-lost/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [Inside me, I think that an animal goes through a lot of pain in the whole cycle of death in the slaughterhouse; just living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/inside-me-i-think-that-an-animal-goes-through-a-lot-of-pain-in-the/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/i-m-in-this-band-to-give-volume-to-various-struggles-throughout-the/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime, what better place than here? What better time than now?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/it-has-to-start-somewhere-it-has-to-start-sometime-what-better-place/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/if-ignorance-is-bliss-then-knock-the-smile-off-my-face/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [Brothers and sisters, our democracy has been hijacked. Brothers and sisters, all electoral freedoms in this country are over so long as it's controlled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/brothers-and-sisters-our-democracy-has-been-hijacked-brothers-and/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [It is important for me, as a popular artist, to make clear to the governments of the United States and Mexico that despite the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/it-is-important-for-me-as-a-popular-artist-to-make-clear-to-the/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

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