Bernardine Dohrn Quotes

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• The real terrorist is the American government, state terrorism unleashed against the world.
• Freaks are revolutionaries, and revolutionaries are freaks
• I was shocked at the anger toward me.
• The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are…
• Americans love to read about violence.
• Even in my most inflamed moment I never supported a racist mass murderer.
• I don't come from a privileged background.
• I felt grand juries were illegal and coercive.
• I guess I feel very strongly that I disagree with the notion of personalizing history and movements and big events.
• I just feel that I don't agree with sensationalized versions of history or me. Any version that's sensationalized.
• I think that there is a lot going on with young people today.
• I think there's a mystery about what a social movement is.
• I wish that I had bridged the feminist movement and the anti-war movement better than I did.
• I'm so unhappy with electoral politics that I switched to sports radio.
• Over all, many of society's values are a cesspool.
• The '60s are presented to kids today as a commodity.
• There are plenty of mothers who should not be allowed to raise their children.
• You're always trying to balance your understanding of who you are and what you need, and your longing and imaginings of freedom.
• I think the Sixties in some ways is a barrier to young people today. They think of it, you know, what we're doing is not…
• You can't win for losing. Either you fulfill their stereotype of being a radical 60's person or you've sold out. In fact, of course, millions…

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