1967

"Natürlich sind wir verfassungsfeindlich. Wir wollen eine andere Gesellschaftsordnung."

"Die Deutschen hören erst auf zu kämpfen, wenn sie nach dem Spiel im Bus sitzen."

"Ich bin nicht schwul, obwohl ich es gerne wäre, bloß um Leute mit Schwulenparanoia zu ärgern."

"Ich hoffe, ich sterbe, bevor ich Pete Townshend werde."

"Ich vermute mal, dass irgendwie jeder, der den Ehrgeiz hat, etwas zu erschaffen und nicht kaputt zu machen, Respekt verdient."

"Manchmal frage ich mich, ob ich nicht gut und gerne der glücklichste Junge der Welt sein könnte."

"Der heimliche Führer der AfD ist der Herr Höcke."

"Bedrohte Arten werden von der Bejagung verschont bis sie sich erholt haben, darum will ich nichts über die SPD sagen."

"Wofür stehen die Grünen wirklich? Für Bevormundung, für Fahrverbote, für unbegrenzte Zuwanderung, für höhere Steuern und sie sind auch gegen den Freihandel."

"Der Islam ist nicht identitätsstiftend und kulturprägend für unser Land, selbst wenn er Realität in vielen deutschen Städten ist."

"Auch der Islam ist mittlerweile ein Teil von Bayern geworden."

"Schuld am Zuwachs der NPD ist Schröders Politik der faulen Hand."

"Wenn wir Reformen machen wollen, brauchen wir einen Mannschaftsgeist. Und dieser Mannschaftsgeist ist der Patriotismus."

"Für die CSU steht fest: In Klassenzimmer gehören Kruzifixe und keine Kopftücher."

"Wer dumpfe antisemitische Klischees bedient, stellt sich außerhalb unserer Ordnung."

"Die PDS hat keinen Anspruch auf demokratische Akzeptanz."

"Nichts integriert in der CSU so sehr, wie wenn's gegen die CDU geht."

"Söder führe sich auf wie ein pubertierender Schulhofschläger."

"Dieses fetischhafte Wurstgefresse von Markus Söder ist ja keine Politik. Und es erfüllt dennoch einen Zweck. Es lenkt ab von den Gründen, die Menschen haben können, sich nicht gesehen und nicht mitgenommen zu fühlen."

""Groß, blond, sehr mager und wahnsinnig arrogant. Ich gucke mir jeden Film mit ihr an"

"Das Lesen fördert die Identitätsentwicklung des Kindes; es hilft ihm, die Sichtweisen anderer zu verstehen; es lehrt den spielerischen Umgang mit Sprache, es eröffnet die Möglichkeit, in der Parallelwelt des Buches Prüfungen zu bestehen, die man auch in der wirklichen Welt fürchtet."

"Der (bequeme) Glaube, das Kind wisse schon selbst am besten, was gut für es sei, scheint das hartnäckigste Sediment der antiautoritären Ideologie zu sein."

"Die Signale der Konsumgesellschaft wirken sich verheerend auf die Kinder aus. Es reicht heute nicht, sauber und angemessen warm gekleidet in die Schule zu kommen: Von allen Seiten wird Kindern in einem medialen Mehrfrontenangriff deutlich gemacht, dass sie nur jemand sind, wenn sie den Dress-Code erfüllen können."

"Die viel zitierte Selbstverwirklichung der Frauen kann den Geburtenrückgang in Deutschland nicht erklären. Auch die Männer hadern mit den neuen Erwartungen an Väter – und verzichten auf Familie."

"Kein Wunder, denn eine spezifisch deutsche Kultur ist, jenseits der Sprache, schlicht nicht identifizierbar."

"Ein pauschales Verbot von Ehen von Minderjährigen ist zwar vielleicht gut gemeint, kann aber im Einzelfall junge Frauen ins soziale Abseits drängen."

"„Unsere Gesellschaft wird weiter vielfältiger werden, das wird auch anstrengend, mitunter schmerzhaft sein. Unser Zusammenleben muss täglich neu ausgehandelt werden.“"

"Wenn wir aber auf die Syrer schauen, die jetzt als Asylsuchende zu uns kommen, da finden Sie top ausgebildete Fachkräfte."

""Die schwätzt einfach nur dummes Zeug daher.“"

"The Court produced evidence that the Israeli armed forces had ample opportunity to identify LIBERTY correctly. The Court had insufficient information before it to make a judgment on the reasons for the decision by Israeli aircraft and motor torpedo boats to attack ... It was not the responsibility of the Court to rule on the culpability of the attackers, and no evidence was heard from the attacking nation."

"I was never satisfied with the Israeli explanation. Their sustained attack to disable and sink Liberty precluded an assault by accident or some trigger-happy local commander. Through diplomatic channels we refused to accept their explanations. I didn't believe them then, and I don't believe them to this day. The attack was outrageous."

"As the Liberty sat within eyeshot of El Arish, eavesdropping on surrounding communications, Israeli soldiers turned the town into a slaughterhouse, systematically butchering their prisoners... This and other war crimes were just some of the secrets Israel had sought to conceal... An essential element in the Israeli battle plan seemed to have been to hide much of the war behind a carefully constructed curtain of lies... Into this sea of deception and slaughter sailed the USS Liberty, an enormous spy factory loaded with the latest eavesdropping gear... the ship was a tired old second world war vessel crawling with antennae, and unthreatening to anyone - unless it was their secrets, not their lives, they wanted to protect. By then the Israeli navy and air force had conducted more than six hours of close surveillance of the Liberty off the Sinai and must have positively identified it as an American electronic spy ship. They knew she was the only military ship in the area. Nevertheless, the order was given to kill her and at 12.05 pm, three motor torpedo boats from the port of Ashdod, about 50 miles away, departed. Israeli air force fighters, loaded with 50mm cannon ammunition, rockets and napalm, followed. Without warning, the Israeli jets - swept-wing Dassault Mirage IIICs - struck. On board Liberty, Lieutenant Painter observed that the aircraft had "absolutely no markings", their identity unclear."

"According to NSA documents - classified top secret... some senior officials in Washington wanted above all to protect Israel from embarrassment. "Captain Vineyard had mentioned during this conversation," wrote Tordella, "that consideration was then being given by some unnamed Washington authorities to sink[ing] the Liberty in order that newspaper men would be unable to photograph her and thus inflame public opinion against the Israelis... ""

"It is... a national disgrace that in the immediate aftermath of Memorial Day there is scant remembrance of the 34 crew members comprising naval officers, seamen, two marines and a civilian who were killed in the attack along with the 171 crew members who were wounded. While the official inquiries by both nations found the attack to be a case of mistaken identity of the Liberty, to this day there is a long record of distinguished officers and journalists who take strong exception to this view believing that the attack was deliberate. Indeed the attack on the Liberty is the only maritime incident in U.S. history where our military forces were killed that was never investigated by the Congress. ... As we approach the anniversary of the attack on the Liberty, let us take a few minutes to reflect soberly on whether the time has not come to once again be a honest broker, to call our Israeli friends to account when necessary with sanctions that hurt and to make clear to one and all that acts such as the attack on the flotilla of humanitarian ships bound to alleviate the suffering of the men, women and children of Gaza will not occur with impunity."

"This week marks the 50th anniversary of the assault on the USS Liberty, and though it was among the worst attacks in history against a noncombatant U.S. naval vessel, the tragedy remains shrouded in secrecy. The question of if and when Israeli forces became aware they were killing Americans has proved a point of particular contention in the on-again, off-again public debate that has simmered over the last half a century. The Navy Court of Inquiry’s investigation proceedings following the incident were held in closed sessions, and the survivors who had been on board received gag orders forbidding them to ever talk about what they endured that day."

"In a statement to The Intercept, Ernie Gallo, who currently serves as the president of the Liberty Veterans Association, said, "We now know that the Navy Court of Inquiry was merely for show, as the officers were told to come to the conclusion the Liberty did [its] job and the attack was accidental." Bamford also references the magnitude and length of the attack as proof of its deliberateness: The ship was hit repeatedly, first by planes dropping thousand-pound bombs and napalm, and then by torpedo boats. Israeli forces also jammed the Liberty's antennas and communication channels, took out the four .50-caliber machine guns on board, and reportedly shot at life rafts and crew members as they attempted to evacuate the vessel. "It was an attack in broad daylight," said Bamford. "They were flying a large U.S. flag. [The ship] said USS Liberty on the back. … I mean, what do you need?""

"[Summer of Love was] the defining moment of the hippie movement."

"A February article in Newsweek called what was happening “a psychedelic picnic.” As more people began to move to the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, countercultural leaders realized they needed to organize for the influx and created a council. In April, the council held a press conference urging America’s youth to come be part of what was happening in San Francisco that summer—it was time for the Summer of Love."

"1967 was the peak year for psychedelic rock. It gave us Sgt. Pepper’s, debut albums by Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and the Grateful Dead, the iconic Monterey Pop Festival, “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair),” and so many more key artyfacts from the first psychedelic era. 1967 was the year where just about everyone tried to make a psychedelic rock record, from obscure underground bands to bubblegum pop groups. Even Sonny Bono!"

"It was such an exciting time for this music because it was so new. Everyone was figuring this stuff out for the very first time, and learning from each other. It’s fascinating to look at the very gradual developments that some of the most major rock bands in the world — The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who, The Byrds — were making to get from their initial sounds to the colorful, mind-expanding sounds of psychedelia. It’s a sound that’s still wildly influential today. What would modern day bands like The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, MGMT, Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, Spiritualized, Mercury Rev, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, or the Elephant 6 collective sound like if not for the music of that era?"

"You can’t talk about the Summer of Love without diving into the songs that made it legendary. In 1967, music wasn’t just background noise—it was a revolution. It fueled the spirit of change, brought people together, and defined a generation. From psychedelic rock to heartfelt ballads, these tracks became the anthems of a cultural movement that changed everything."

"Retrospectively, I feel quite certain that the Be-In also marked the beginning of nationwide attention."

"There was an awakening going on, and we knew it was happening across the country, and we knew there were pockets of people out there who felt isolated and alone and scared. We wanted to send a signal out to them: Hey, it's OK to come out and spread your wings."

"Berkeley political activists are going to join San Francisco’s hippies in a love feast that will, hopefully, wipe out the last remnants of mutual skepticism and suspicion."

"Millions of Arabs are … preparing to blow up all of America’s interests, all of America’s installations, and your entire existence, America."

"As of today, there no longer exists an international emergency force to protect Israel. We shall exercise patience no more. We shall not complain any more to the UN about Israel. The sole method we shall apply against Israel is total war, which will result in the extermination of Zionist existence."

"[Promosing to] turn the Mediterranean red with Jewish blood."

"We will not accept any…coexistence with Israel…Today the issue is not the establishment of peace between the Arab states and Israel…The war with Israel [has been] in effect since 1948"

"Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel. The Arab people want to fight"

"We are ready for war, our armed forces and all our people are ready for war, we have built a strong national army and achieved our objectives."

"You are the victims of aggression."

"Arab masses, this is your day. Rush to the battlefield.... Let them know that we shall hang the last imperialist soldier with the entrails of the last Zionist"

"There will be no Jewish survivors in the holy war for liberating Palestine"

"Israel on her part will not initiate hostile acts, but she is firmly resolved to defend her territory and her international rights. Our decision is that if Egypt will not attack us, we will not take action against Egyptian forces at Sharm el-Sheikh—until or unless they close the Straits of Tiran to free navigation by Israel"

"Our forces are now entirely ready not only to repulse the aggression, but to initiate the act of liberation itself, and to explode the Zionist presence in the Arab homeland. The Syrian army, with its finger on the trigger, is united....I, as a military man, believe that the time has come to enter into a battle of annihilation."