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
When someone who’s always been in your life is gone, it’s a stunning adjustment of your own identity. BILL AYERS AdjustmentGoneIdentityLife
Every revolution seems impossible at the beginning, and after it happens, it was inevitable. BILL AYERS ImpossibleInevitableRevolution