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> [I ran... I didn't trust the government. I was really afraid. I believe now that that was the fatal mistake of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/i-ran-i-didn-t-trust-the-government-i-was-really-afraid-i-believe-now/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

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## More by Susan Rosenberg

> [We are innocent. We are not criminals or terrorists. We are revolutionary guerillas and have been captured in the course of building a resistance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/we-are-innocent-we-are-not-criminals-or-terrorists-we-are/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [I've done everything I know in my heart on every level to take responsibility for what I think I have to. I'm not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/i-ve-done-everything-i-know-in-my-heart-on-every-level-to-take/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [I had a second chance. I know how incredible that is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/i-had-a-second-chance-i-know-how-incredible-that-is/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [The war against the Black Liberation movement by the FBI/U.S. government was most influential for me in seeing the necessity for armed self-defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/the-war-against-the-black-liberation-movement-by-the-fbi-u-s/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [I took responsibility for the illegal actions, the potential for violence in my past actions, which I regret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/i-took-responsibility-for-the-illegal-actions-the-potential-for/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [I supported the right of oppressed people to armed struggle. That didn't mean I did it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/i-supported-the-right-of-oppressed-people-to-armed-struggle-that-didn/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [I really believe our society has this propensity to punish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/i-really-believe-our-society-has-this-propensity-to-punish/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [First as a peace activist in the late '60s, then as a political activist in the '70s, and then in joining the armed clandestine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/first-as-a-peace-activist-in-the-late-60s-then-as-a-political/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [These chains are not going to stop me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/these-chains-are-not-going-to-stop-me/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [I have been a revolutionary for much of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/i-have-been-a-revolutionary-for-much-of-my-life/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [The criminal activities I was involved in, I think that they were wrong and that they were dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/the-criminal-activities-i-was-involved-in-i-think-that-they-were/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [It was an extreme time, in a certain sense... I was totally and profoundly influenced by the revolutionary movements of the '60s and '70s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/it-was-an-extreme-time-in-a-certain-sense-i-was-totally-and/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [I have a political view that is certainly progressive and radical in a certain sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/i-have-a-political-view-that-is-certainly-progressive-and-radical-in/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [I believed that one had to stop the machinery of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/i-believed-that-one-had-to-stop-the-machinery-of-war/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

> [Seeing the B-52s dropped from planes, watching the burning of civilians with Agent Orange, reading about the incarceration of Vietnamese militants in cages only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rosenberg/seeing-the-b-52s-dropped-from-planes-watching-the-burning-of/)

[Susan Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rosenberg/)

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