[Barack] Obama doesn't disappoint me, because all during the campaign he said, I'm a pragmatic, middle-of-the-road, compromising politician. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I said something idiotic like, as [William] Shakespeare says, "Action is eloquence," and the judge just frowned at me and gave me… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I'm not disappointed in [Barack] Obama. He said who he is; he's doing what he said he would do. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
You can be disappointed but only if you thought [Barack Obama] was something that he said he wasn't! — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I've said for thirty years that capitalism is an exhausted system. But now you can see the handwriting everywhere. And one especially… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
The Right said, [Barack Obama] is lying, he's a socialist who pals around with terrorists, he's a secret Muslim and blah blah… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Frederick Douglass ran a primary campaign against [Abraham Lincoln] the second time around, in 1864. They hated him. Why'd they hate him?… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
When I was arrested opposing the war in Vietnam in 1965, as I said about 20 or 30% of people were opposed… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
[Barack Obama] was running for Senate and he's saying, I'm not for gay marriage because I'm a Christian. Jump off a bridge!… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Living in a bubble as I said in a featherbed of privilege. That's why leaving home, leaving the prep school and going… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
That's what [Abraham] Lincoln said. "The white man will always be above the black man. I don't want them to run for… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
If you listen to the debate, [Barack Obama] and [John] McCain said the same thing about gay rights. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I spoke at the University of Georgia, and a whole contingent of Tea Party people in Hell's Angels regalia came in and… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
The president of the University said that night, congratulations to you the students, you've won a great victory, now the war will… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
It wasn't [Barack] Obama per se; it was the feeling on the ground; it was seeing an old black woman in a wheelchair being… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I didn't respond to people thrusting microphones at me and asking me questions that were unanswerable in a sound bite. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I haven't been silent. I teach, I lecture at universities, I write, I'm not silent. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
One of the great crimes of the Bloomberg/Klein administration [in New York City] is that they've removed themselves from communities, as if communities have… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
[Lyndon ] Johnson was responding to a black freedom movement that was tearing the country open and he did what he had to do… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I'm wary of government. Part of [the Tea Party] impulse is to dislike and be worried about the rich. I'm that way too. So… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I'd been arrested many times by then. I'd been an organizer, so many things had changed over those three years [from 1965 till 1968]. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
You cannot live a political life, you cannot live a moral life if you're not willing to open your eyes and see the world… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I was a good liberal in some sense at that point. I wanted to end a war. I wanted to support the civil rights… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
The fact is that in my prep school, I went to a boarding school, 39 young men graduated from that prep school. Five years… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
[The whole first year at university] was a great time for me and great time of awakening. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
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![“I'm not disappointed in [Barack] Obama. He said who he is; he's doing what he said he would do.” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a2d/bill-ayers-1848_barack_i-m-not-disappointed-in-barack-obama-he_2036331.jpg)
![“You can be disappointed but only if you thought [Barack Obama] was something that he said he wasn't!” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d3e/bill-ayers-1848_barack_you-can-be-disappointed-but-only-if-you_1138424.jpg)
![“The Right said, [Barack Obama] is lying, he's a socialist who pals around with terrorists, he's a secret Muslim and blah blah blah. That was their line. The liberals all said, He's winking at me, I can feel him winking in my direction. He wasn't winking. He said exactly who he was and he's lived…” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/90a/bill-ayers-1848_barack_the-right-said-barack-obama-is-lying-he_655881.jpg)
![“Frederick Douglass ran a primary campaign against [Abraham Lincoln] the second time around, in 1864. They hated him. Why'd they hate him? Because he said things like "I believe in white supremacy."” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/417/bill-ayers-1848_abraham_frederick-douglass-ran-a-primary-campaig_1807519.jpg)
![“[Barack Obama] was running for Senate and he's saying, I'm not for gay marriage because I'm a Christian. Jump off a bridge! I mean what the hell are you talking about? You know, I mean, what's he doing now? He's evolving. Evolving? Well, evolve for Christ's sake! And this is a guy - the whole gay…” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/730/bill-ayers-1848_barack_barack-obama-was-running-for-senate-and_1577133.jpg)
![“When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson initially. Then he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. Then he kept voting Republican until he voted for Barack Obama. So that's kind of amazing. But he was offered a cabinet post by…” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f11/bill-ayers-1848_barack_when-my-dad-was-at-the-university-of-mic_501515.jpg)
![“That's what [Abraham] Lincoln said. "The white man will always be above the black man. I don't want them to run for office, or have political rights, or vote. I want them to go back to Africa."” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b0a/bill-ayers-1848_abraham_that-s-what-abraham-lincoln-said-the-whi_3093537.jpg)
![“If you listen to the debate, [Barack Obama] and [John] McCain said the same thing about gay rights.” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c75/bill-ayers-1848_barack_if-you-listen-to-the-debate-barack-obama_3214255.jpg)
![“It wasn't [Barack] Obama per se; it was the feeling on the ground; it was seeing an old black woman in a wheelchair being wheeled by her son waving a big American flag, and then seeing a guy with his baby in his arms saying, "I didn't want her to miss tonight! I wanted to be able to tell her!" And…” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/806/bill-ayers-1848_able_it-wasn-t-barack-obama-per-se-it-was-the_20409.jpg)
![“One of the great crimes of the Bloomberg/Klein administration [in New York City] is that they've removed themselves from communities, as if communities have nothing to say about what their needs and aspirations are for themselves and for their children.” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cfb/bill-ayers-1848_administration_one-of-the-great-crimes-of-the-bloomberg_36172.jpg)
![“[Lyndon ] Johnson was responding to a black freedom movement that was tearing the country open and he did what he had to do as a conservative politician.” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4e4/bill-ayers-1848_black_lyndon-johnson-was-responding-to-a-black_39317.jpg)
![“I'm wary of government. Part of [the Tea Party] impulse is to dislike and be worried about the rich. I'm that way too. So I don't find them to be as atrocious as most people do, as your liberals do. I'm not a liberal.” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f9a/bill-ayers-1848_dislike_i-m-wary-of-government-part-of-the-tea-p_60556.jpg)
![“I'd been arrested many times by then. I'd been an organizer, so many things had changed over those three years [from 1965 till 1968].” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0f8/bill-ayers-1848_arrested_i-d-been-arrested-many-times-by-then-i-d_88658.jpg)
![“[The whole first year at university] was a great time for me and great time of awakening.” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/37e/bill-ayers-1848_awakening_the-whole-first-year-at-university-was-a_193300.jpg)