People Quote by Oliver Tambo

The 70s were a wonderful time to be young. I think most young people at that time were pushing the boundaries, asking all sorts…

— Robyn Davidson

It was an extreme time, in a certain sense... I was totally and profoundly influenced by the revolutionary movements of the '60s and '70s.

— Susan Rosenberg

I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it…

— Vivienne Westwood

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit…

— John Hume

Not to wax nostalgic about the 1970s, but back then people got upset when they saw injustice. They got tired of seeing our air,…

— Anonymous

“THE ESCALATING DEMANDS for rights after 1965, and especially the riots, did more than bewilder people. They also aroused significant backlash, the most vivid…

— James T. Patterson

“Think of this: Hundreds of people today are doing things that not a single one of the them would have dared to do at…

— Václav Havel

The attack on youth is a national pathology, unwarranted by fact, smokescreen for the failure of adulthood and its leadership to confront larger predicaments.…

— Mike A. Males

The youth rebellion [1968] is a worldwide phenomenon that has not been seen before in history. I do not believe they will calm down…

— William S. Burroughs

It's always been young people at the forefront of any revolution.

— Severn Cullis-Suzuki

'Uprising' was requested by so many politicians in America for use in their rallies, and we turned them down on a regular basis.

— Matt Bellamy

“Our revolution of '76, and onward, was not a rebellion; it was resistance of oppression, of burdensome taxation without equal representation, and it resulted…

— E. E. (Ezra Eastman) Adams