black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I just feel that I don’t agree with sensationalized versions of history or me. Any version that’s sensationalized.

Bernardine Dohrn

I think that there is a lot going on with young people today.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

People Thinking Today Young
This tendency to consider only bombings or picking up the gun as revolutionary, with the glorification of the heavier the better,we’ve called the military error.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Better Errors Glorification Gun Military Picking
I’m so unhappy with electoral politics that I switched to sports radio.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Electoral Politics Radio Sports Unhappy
I don’t feel that it was violent and terrible. I feel like it was primarily–obviously not completely–moral, based on a vision that the government should be better, and that people could be better, and that democracy should be real.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Completely Government Morale People Terrible Violent
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 of people who were active in the 60’s are doing work on issues that try to reflect their values.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Issues Million People Radical Try Winning
It always felt embattled and small. It always, almost always, was a small group of people relative to the opposition around.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Almost Always Around Opposition People Relative
I wish I could take back some of the things I said and some of the things I did. But in the bigger picture,
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Government People Real Things Wish
I guess I feel very strongly that I disagree with the notion of personalizing history and movements and big events.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Big Events Movement Personalizing
I just feel that I don’t agree with sensationalized versions of history or me. Any version that’s sensationalized.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Agree Feels Version
There are plenty of mothers who should not be allowed to raise their children.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Allowed Children Mother Plenty
Americans love to read about violence.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Country Love Read Violence
Even in my most inflamed moment I never supported a racist mass murderer.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Mass Moments Murderer Racist
Killing a cop just because he’s a cop, that’ll happen. And that should happen. And there’s nothing inhuman about it at all. It’s survival. It’s the most human thing in the world.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Cop Human Survival Thing World
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 too fundamental to ignore or gloss over.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Aspect Fundamental Fundamentals Patriotism Sanctions
You’re always trying to balance your understanding of who you are and what you need, and your longing and imaginings of freedom.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Always Balance Trying Understanding
I don’t come from a privileged background.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Allow Backgrounds Come Privileged

I just feel that I don’t agree with sensationalized versions of history or me. Any version that’s sensationalized.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I just feel that I don’t agree with sensationalized versions of history or me. Any version that’s sensationalized.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bernardine Dohrn Quotes