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title: "18 Trump Quotes By Bill Ayers"
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> [I voted for Obama and I was delighted that he's been elected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-voted-for-obama-and-i-was-delighted-that-he-s-been-elected/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [I find some unity with Ron Paul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-find-some-unity-with-ron-paul/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [It's the height of the Cold War, but I grew up in apolitical family and politics wasn't on the agenda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/it-s-the-height-of-the-cold-war-but-i-grew-up-in-apolitical-family/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [ You can be disappointed but only if you thought \[Barack Obama\] was something that he said he wasn't! ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/you-can-be-disappointed-but-only-if-you-thought-barack-obama-was/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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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. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-m-not-disappointed-in-barack-obama-he-said-who-he-is-he-s-doing/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-knew-barack-obama-absolutely-and-i-knew-him-probably-as-well-as/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [ I see \[Lyndon\] Johnson as the war in Vietnam, and the invasion of the Dominican Republic and so on. So I'm not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-see-lyndon-johnson-as-the-war-in-vietnam-and-the-invasion-of-the/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [ I do think \[Barack Obama's\] strategy for re-election is so misguided. He's counting on the Republicans to self-destruct, and they might, you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-do-think-barack-obama-s-strategy-for-re-election-is-so-misguided-he/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [ After I had known \[Barack Obama\] for a while, I remember saying to my partner, "You know, this guy is really ambitious,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/after-i-had-known-barack-obama-for-a-while-i-remember-saying-to-my/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [Something about the fact that an African American had, given the long sad history of our country, now become President - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/something-about-the-fact-that-an-african-american-had-given-the-long/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [ Everyone who knew \[Barack\] Obama from being in Hyde Park knew he was the smartest guy in any room he walked into;… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/everyone-who-knew-barack-obama-from-being-in-hyde-park-knew-he-was/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [ \[Barack\] Obama doesn't disappoint me, because all during the campaign he said, I'm a pragmatic, middle-of-the-road, compromising politician. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/barack-obama-doesn-t-disappoint-me-because-all-during-the-campaign-he/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [I'm anti-establishment. So all the labels, the reason that I keep joking and rejecting this idea that I'm liberal, well partly that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-m-anti-establishment-so-all-the-labels-the-reason-that-i-keep/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [We're actually saying, here's a principle that I'd like to arc toward. That's a very different role in life. I didn't expect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/we-re-actually-saying-here-s-a-principle-that-i-d-like-to-arc-toward/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [ It wasn't \[Barack\] Obama per se; it was the feeling on the ground; it was seeing an old black woman in a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/it-wasn-t-barack-obama-per-se-it-was-the-feeling-on-the-ground-it-was/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [ It was the Democratic Party, it was the Presidential election. We elected a president \[Barack Obama\]; we didn't elect a king. So… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/it-was-the-democratic-party-it-was-the-presidential-election-we/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [ The Right said, \[Barack Obama\] is lying, he's a socialist who pals around with terrorists, he's a secret Muslim and blah blah… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/the-right-said-barack-obama-is-lying-he-s-a-socialist-who-pals-around/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [ \[Barack Obama\] was running for Senate and he's saying, I'm not for gay marriage because I'm a Christian. Jump off a bridge!… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/barack-obama-was-running-for-senate-and-he-s-saying-i-m-not-for-gay/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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## Other authors on Trump

## More by Bill Ayers

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/it-wasn-t-barack-obama-per-se-it-was-the-feeling-on-the-ground-it-was/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [I didn't respond to people thrusting microphones at me and asking me questions that were unanswerable in a sound bite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-didn-t-respond-to-people-thrusting-microphones-at-me-and-asking-me/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [I haven't been silent. I teach, I lecture at universities, I write, I'm not silent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-haven-t-been-silent-i-teach-i-lecture-at-universities-i-write-i-m/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/one-of-the-great-crimes-of-the-bloomberg-klein-administration-in-new/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [I was involved in the anti-war movement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-was-involved-in-the-anti-war-movement/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [ \[Lyndon \] Johnson was responding to a black freedom movement that was tearing the country open and he did what he had to do… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/lyndon-johnson-was-responding-to-a-black-freedom-movement-that-was/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-m-wary-of-government-part-of-the-tea-party-impulse-is-to-dislike/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [ I'd been arrested many times by then. I'd been an organizer, so many things had changed over those three years \[from 1965 till 1968\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-d-been-arrested-many-times-by-then-i-d-been-an-organizer-so-many/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/you-cannot-live-a-political-life-you-cannot-live-a-moral-life-if-you/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [I was a good liberal in some sense at that point. I wanted to end a war. I wanted to support the civil rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-was-a-good-liberal-in-some-sense-at-that-point-i-wanted-to-end-a/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [The fact is that in my prep school, I went to a boarding school, 39 young men graduated from that prep school. Five years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/the-fact-is-that-in-my-prep-school-i-went-to-a-boarding-school-39/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [ \[The whole first year at university\] was a great time for me and great time of awakening. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/the-whole-first-year-at-university-was-a-great-time-for-me-and-great/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [The truth is that the antiwar movement was powered by the working class. The students were the ones that got the media and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/the-truth-is-that-the-antiwar-movement-was-powered-by-the-working/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [There was one moment when J. Edgar Hoover and us had the same distorted lens about who we were - "a real threat," you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/there-was-one-moment-when-j-edgar-hoover-and-us-had-the-same/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

> [Every politician - FDR, Lyndon Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama - they're all conservative by nature. They are part of the big thing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/every-politician-fdr-lyndon-johnson-abraham-lincoln-barack-obama-they/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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