I guess I feel very strongly that I disagree with the notion of personalizing history and movements and big events.
Bernardine DohrnYou can't win for losing. Either you fulfill their stereotype of being a radical 60's person or you've sold out. In fact, of course, millions of people who were active in the 60's are doing work on issues that try to reflect their values.
Bernardine DohrnI wish that I had bridged the feminist movement and the anti-war movement better than I did.
Bernardine DohrnI think the Sixties in some ways is a barrier to young people today. They think of it, you know, what we're doing is not that. But it's partly the myth of the Sixties. It always felt embattled and small. It always, almost always, was a small group of people relative to the opposition around.
Bernardine Dohrn