"We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery."

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Source : "How to be radical?". The OpenDemocracy Interview, www.opendemocracy.net. April 5, 2011.

Todd Gitlin

#Movement Quotes #May Quotes #Awful Quotes

“Everyone makes mistakes - mistakes are correctable.”
“Get your tickets now. Buy cable now. Get your jerseys now. Pull your boats up to the docking stations now. Bring your Sea-Doos now. If you can't afford a Sea-Doo, get a raft.”
“I know, although when looks meet I tremble to the bone, The more I leave the door unlatched The sooner love is gone....”
“My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.”
“It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.”
“I don't have any interest in changing a system, because the system will simply get bucked back by people who haven't changed.”
“The interruption we now impatiently put off may be the most important thing we could be doing at this particular time?”
“Electronic culture created soulless replacements for connective rituals- television supplanted tribal legends told by the fire; 'fast food' consumed in distraction took the place of a shared meal. We substituted matter for Mater (feminine principle), money for mother's milk, objects for emotional bonds.”

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