Ulrike Meinhof quotes
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“Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance is when I make sure everybody else stops going along too.”
-- Ulrike MeinhofSource : Ulrike Meinhof (2011). “Everybody Talks About the Weather . . . We Don't: The Writings of Ulrike Meinhof”, p.31, Seven Stories Press
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“If one sets a car on fire, that is a criminal offence. If one sets hundreds of cars on fire, that is political action.”
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“Protest is when I say...'I don't agree with something'.... Resistance is when I ensure that things with which I disagree no longer take place”
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“These are the strategic dialectics of anti-imperialist struggle: through the defensive reactions of the system, the escalation of counterrevolution, the transformation of the political martial law into military martial law, the enemy betrays himself, becomes visible.”
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“Protest is when I say this does not please me. Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more.”
-- Ulrike MeinhofSource : "From Protest to Resistance" (p. 5), May 1968.
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“Objection is when I say: this doesn't suit me. Resistance is when I make sure that what doesn't suit me never happens again.”
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“Anti-Semitism is really a hatred of capitalism.”
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“If you throw one stone, it’s a punishable offence. If 1,000 stones are thrown, it’s political action. If you set a car on fire, it’s a punishable offence. If hundreds of cars are set on fire, it’s political action. Protest is when I say I don’t agree with something. Resistance is when I ensure that things with which I disagree no longer take place.”
-- Ulrike Meinhof -
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“If you throw one stone, it’s a punishable offence. If 1,000 stones are thrown, it’s political action. If you set a car on fire, it’s a punishable offence. If hundreds of cars are set on fire, it’s political action. Protest is when I say I don’t agree with something. Resistance is when I ensure that things with which I disagree no longer take place.”
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“[I provoke] the system [to] show its true face ... so that through its own acts of terrorism ... the masses will rise against it.”
-- Ulrike Meinhof
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