I wish I could take back some of the things I said and some of the things I … - Bernardine Dohrn

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Faith upholds a Christian under all trials, by assuring him that every painful dispensation is under the direction of his Lord.

Bernardine Dohrn

I wish I could take back some of the things I said and some of the things I did. But in the bigger picture, I don't feel that it was violent and terrible. I feel like it was primarily--obviously not completely--moral, based on a vision that the government should be better, and that people could be better, and that democracy should be real.

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