Quotes From "1968: The Year That Rocked The World" By Mark Kurlansky

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It is not an overstatement to say that the destiny of the entire human race depends on what is going on in America today. This is a staggering reality to the rest of the world; they must feel like passengers in a supersonic jetliner who are forced to watch helplessly while a passel of drunks, hypes, freaks, and madmen fight for the controls and the pilot's seat. — Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, 1968 . Mark Kurlansky
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Gen. de Gaulle is only concerned about history, and no jury can dictate the judgment of history." Georges Pompidou Mark Kurlansky
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Even creative nonviolence can go unnoticed unless participants are attacked. Mark Kurlansky
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Don't you sense the enormity of your mistake — you invade a country without understanding its music. — Norman Mailer Mark Kurlansky
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A modern revolutionary group, explained Abbie Hoffman, headed for the television station, not the factory. Mark Kurlansky
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Children need fairy tales, but it is just as essential that they have parents who tell them about their own lives, so that they can establish a relationship to the past. Mark Kurlansky