Mario Savio Quotes
You can't disobey the rules every time you disapprove. However, when you're considering something that constitutes an extreme abridgement of your rights, conscience is the court of last resort.
Mario Savio, 1943-1996, Student Protest Leader, Interview with Jack Fincher, "The University Has Become a Factory," Life magazine, February 26, 1965
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The original authorship of this prayer has often been attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr. See {628185}
In a sense he was the first establishment victim of the student demonstrations of 1968. He called the police to eject the student demonstrators from the buildings they were occupying.
In 1877 Wasburn was dropped from the List of Ministers by the Unitarian Church. He had become quite atheistic.
- Born: December 8, 1942
- Died: November 6, 1996
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Activist
Mario Savio was an American activist and a key member of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. He is most famous for his passionate speeches, especially the "put your bodies upon the gears" address given at Sproul Hall, University of California, Berkeley on December 2, 1964.
