Our parents are our first oppressors. Jerry Rubin More Quotes by Jerry Rubin More Quotes From Jerry Rubin 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. Jerry Rubin order children america Politics is how you live your life, not whom you vote for. Jerry Rubin live-your-life vote ...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 Rubin want way rooms Until you're prepared to kill your parents, you're not really prepared to change the country because our parents are our first oppressors. Jerry Rubin parent country firsts 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 Rubin strong-women tough sex We create revolution by living it. Jerry Rubin revolution Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display. Jerry Rubin theater cities new-york The power to define the situation is the ultimate power. Jerry Rubin situation ultimate power 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 Rubin hips community kids 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. Jerry Rubin religious self men 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. Jerry Rubin yesterday mistake thinking Don't trust anyone over thirty Jerry Rubin dont-trust-anyone thirty trust 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. Jerry Rubin labels gun pigs The capitalist imperialism is gonna be destroyed. Jerry Rubin imperialism capitalist destroyed Our strategy was to give Judge Hoffman a heart attack. We gave the court system a heart attack, which is even better. Jerry Rubin judging heart giving High school studfents are the largest oppressed minority in America. Jerry Rubin minorities america school I'm famous. That's my job. Jerry Rubin jobs 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. Jerry Rubin cutting real jobs Some of the greatest social reformers of our time were wealthy. Jerry Rubin our-time wealthy social We had a sense of importance that would have led us to risk our lives for our rhetoric. Jerry Rubin rhetoric importance risk
