Jerry Rubin quotes
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“I am a child of America. If ever I'm sent to Death Row for my revolutionary 'crimes,' I'll order as my last meal: a hamburger, french fries, and a coke.”
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“Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex.”
-- Jerry RubinSource : Jerry Rubin (2014). “Growing (Up) at 37”, p.113, Rowman & Littlefield
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“Until you're prepared to kill your parents, you're not really prepared to change the country because our parents are our first oppressors.”
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“...in your living room, you're scared shitless. And that's just where the power structure wants you. In the middle of a riot, I've never found anybody who's chickenshit. The way to eliminate fear is to do what you're most afraid of.”
-- Jerry RubinSource : Jerry Rubin (1970). “Do it; scenarios of the revolution”, Touchstone
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“You can't pay attention to your mistakes. I made a mistake today, I made a mistake yesterday. I think it's... very important to ignore the negative.”
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“Some of the greatest social reformers of our time were wealthy.”
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“I would be copping out if I stayed in the myth of the '60s.”
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“By the end, everybody had a label - pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary... If you had everything but a gun, you were a radical but not a revolutionary.”
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“All money represents theft… To steal from the rich is a sacred and religious act. While looting, a man to his own self is true.”
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“A lot of these industries are having difficulty finding reliable workers with the skills they require.”
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“The backseat produced the sexual revolution.”
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“Our strategy was to give Judge Hoffman a heart attack. We gave the court system a heart attack, which is even better.”
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“Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.”
-- Jerry RubinSource : Jerry Rubin (2014). “Growing (Up) at 37”, p.15, Rowman & Littlefield
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“Revolution is profitable. So the capitalists sell it... The hip capitalists have some allies within the revolutionary community: longhairs who work as intermediaries between the kids on the street and the millionaire businessmen.”
-- Jerry RubinSource : Jerry Rubin (1970). “Do it; scenarios of the revolution”, Touchstone
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“The problem with fame is that you get frozen in one frame and nothing you can do can alter the nature.”
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“The jobs are there, but, particularly for working adults, traditional education just isnt going to cut it. New ways for training that meet the real-life requirements for adults are critically important.”
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“The power to define the situation is the ultimate power.”
-- Jerry RubinSource : Jerry Rubin (2014). “Growing (Up) at 37”, p.104, Rowman & Littlefield
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“We had a sense of importance that would have led us to risk our lives for our rhetoric.”
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“The individual who signs the check has the ultimate power.”
-- Jerry Rubin
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