Astrid Kirchherr Quotes

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

There is no power above people power.

Power is never so overwhelming that there's no room for resistance.

When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

If we can't live in peace, then let's die in peace.… We didn't commit suicide. We committed an act of revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world.

Don't believe that jazz about there's nothing you can do, "turn on and drop out, man" - because you've got to turn on and drop in, or they're going to drop all over you.

My music is made for the people who are willing to stand up to change this world themselves.

The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress....This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Now, in the sixties we were naive, like children. Everybody went back to their rooms and said 'We didn't get a wonderful world of just flowers and peace and happy chocolate, and it won't be just pretty and beautiful all the time,' and just like babies everyone went back to their rooms and sulked. 'We're going to stay in our rooms and play rock and roll and not do anything else, because the world's a nasty horrible place, because it didn't give us everything we cried for.' Right? Crying for it wasn't enough.

Believe in the power of your own voice. The more noise you make, the more accountability you demand from your leaders, the more our world will change for the better.

One single act of defiance against power, against the State that seems omnipotent but is not, transforms and transfigures the human personality. At least for a time. For a while. Perhaps that is enough.

To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless

To dare: that is the whole secret of revolutions.

I never took it upon myself to change the world. And those contemporaries of mine who were going around falling for the idea that they were going to bring down the United States government and make a new world were just asses to me.

A thousand men enslaved fear one beast free.

The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away. In this book we are concerned with how to create mass organizations to seize power and give it to the people; to realize the democratic dream of equality, justice, peace, cooperation, equal and full opportunities for education, full and useful employment, health, and the creation of those circumstances in which man can have the chance to live by values that give meaning to life.

If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade

Don't be outraged, be outrageous.

I once dreamed of launching revolutions, sparking movements, mobilizing the masses, and changing everything. Now I’ve learned the beauty and profound significance of simply loving my neighbor.

Love IS the People's Power