Bill Ayers Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful.”

“The nice thing about being detained in Canada is it's like being in a Days Inn; it's very clean and very nice.”

“We should open our eyes, see what's in front of us, and act.”

“Nixon probably was a nice guy.”

“I was arrested in 1965 for opposing the war in Vietnam. There were 39 of us arrested that day. But thousands opposed us. And the majority of the people in the country supported the war then.”

“I would say for the young: Don't be straight jacketed by ideology. Don't be driven by a structure of ideas.”

“I voted for Obama and I was delighted that he's been elected.”

“I think I am a radical. I have never deviated from that. By radical, I mean someone trying to go to the root of things.”

“I was a militant.”

“Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt like we were all there. Everyone from our generation was there and was at Woodstock.”