Every revolution seems impossible at the beginning, and after it happens, it was inevitable. – Bill Ayers
I was arrested in 1965 for opposing the war in Vietnam. There were 39 of us arrested that day. But thousands opposed us. And the majority of the people in the country supported the war then. – Bill Ayers
Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I’ve never considered it a neutral or passive profession. – Bill Ayers
Two thousand people a day were being murdered in Vietnam in a terrorist war, an official terrorist war. – Bill Ayers
I would say for the young: Don’t be straight jacketed by ideology. Don’t be driven by a structure of ideas. – Bill Ayers
I didn’t respond to people thrusting microphones at me and asking me questions that were unanswerable in a sound bite. – Bill Ayers
Nothing is more boring than some old person going on and on about the way things used to be. – Bill Ayers
Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year – a small government proposal if ever there was one. – Bill Ayers
Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that’s where it’s really at. – Bill Ayers
Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful. – Bill Ayers
Chicago ’68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I’ve talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt like we were all there. Everyone from our generation was there and was at Woodstock. – Bill Ayers
I wish I had been wiser. I wish I had been more effective, I wish I’d been more unifying, I wish I’d been more principled. – Bill Ayers