It was an extreme time, in a certain sense… I was totally and profoundly influenced by the revolutionary movements of the ’60s and ’70s. Susan Rosenberg Read Quote
I’ve done everything I know in my heart on every level to take responsibility for what I think I have to. I’m not going to take responsibility for something the government thinks that I should because they think I should. Susan Rosenberg Read Quote
I spent 11 years in isolation units, solitary confinement… in the hardest places for women. Susan Rosenberg Read Quote
I supported the right of oppressed people to armed struggle. That didn’t mean I did it. Susan Rosenberg Read Quote
At the time it seemed like there was a loosening of culture, there was a counterculture, there was a radicalization. I think we totally misread what was really going on in the world, that somehow a small group of people could mobilize a larger group of people. Susan Rosenberg Read Quote
I continue to feel it was solidarity in the prison that made living in prison a different kind of community, and I began a life of service. Susan Rosenberg Read Quote
I took responsibility for the illegal actions, the potential for violence in my past actions, which I regret. Susan Rosenberg Read Quote
Political prisoners are important to support because we are in prison for explicitly social/political/progressive goals. Our lack of freedom does affect how free you are; If we can be violated, so can you. Susan Rosenberg Read Quote
