There was one moment when J. Edgar Hoover and us had the same distorted lens about who we were – “a real threat,” you know? He thought so and we thought so and we were buddies in that regard. BILL AYERS LensesMomentsReal
I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans. BILL AYERS AbsolutelyBarackCountryWells
Every revolution seems impossible at the beginning, and after it happens, it was inevitable. BILL AYERS ImpossibleInevitableRevolution
When someone who’s always been in your life is gone, it’s a stunning adjustment of your own identity. BILL AYERS AdjustmentGoneIdentityLife