Quotes from Tom Hayden

I don't think I'll ever fully get over losing the city council seat. I don't know how that happened. But it was less than 1 percent out of 50,000 votes. I'd put in six or seven years into changing L.A.

A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible.

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.

Then you have [Donald] Trump. So it could be the tightest, most hazardous race in political history and we can't afford to allow Trump to slither through. So that's where I'm at.

The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.

Our crime was that we were beginning to live a new and contagious life-style without official authorization.

He led quite a great life, ... He was an Old Testament figure railing against the establishment - a Jewish guy from New York who became a Buddhist, a poet, a musician.

We ourselves are imbued with urgency, yet the message of our society is' that there is no viable alternative to the present.

I think people are entitled to march without a permit. When you have a few hundred thousand people on the street you have permission.

When the students in the South, the blacks, started demonstrating, that was the beginning of the time of students becoming a social force around the world.

The last time I saw Robert Kennedy was in an elevator by accident also, going up, one week before he was shot.

The politicians of New York have everything that is necessary to make proper decisions and they will have to live with what happens afterwards. The worst scenario is the politicians covering their eyes and turning it over to the FBI.

If you look at the data, the inner city that was the riot zone lost 55,000 jobs in the ten years from 1992 to 2002, instead of gaining a surplus of 50,000.

Most centrist Democrats... try to distance themselves from controversies that recall the 1960s. There are journalistic centrists as well, who avoid hard truths for the sake of acceptance and legitimacy.

Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi.

Already this war on gangs in California is taking money from universities to build prisons, and the universities have some clout.

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history that's least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.

The survival of a distinct Irish soul is proof enough that Anglo culture will never fully satisfy our needs. We have a unique role in reshaping American society to empathize with the world's poor, for their story is the genuine story of the Irish.

They motivate us to play, be affectionate, seek adventure and be loyal.