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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

I wish that I had bridged the feminist movement and the anti-war movement better than I did.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Feminist Movement War Wish
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
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
Even in my most inflamed moment I never supported a racist mass murderer.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Mass Moments Murderer Racist
Americans love to read about violence.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Country Love Read Violence
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.
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Completely Government Morale People Terrible Violent
There are plenty of mothers who should not be allowed to raise their children.
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Allowed Children Mother Plenty
Freaks are revolutionaries, and revolutionaries are freaks
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Freak Freaks Revolutionary
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 felt grand juries were illegal and coercive.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Grand Illegal Jury
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
I’m so unhappy with electoral politics that I switched to sports radio.
BERNARDINE DOHRN

Electoral Politics Radio Sports Unhappy
The real terrorist is the American government, state terrorism unleashed against the world.
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Government Real Terrorism World
I think that there is a lot going on with young people today.
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People Thinking Today Young
I was shocked at the anger toward me.
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Anger Shocked Towards
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

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.

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