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SDS leader Mark Rudd response: "We, the young people, whom you so rightly fear, say that the society is sick & you and your capitalism are the sickness. You call for order & respect for authority; we call for justice, freedom, & socialism. There is only 1 thing left to say. It may sound nihilistic to you, since it is the opening shot in a war of liberation...'Up against the wall, motherfucker, this is a stick-up.'"

Columbia pres. Grayson Kirk, 1968: "Our young people, in disturbing numbers, appear to reject all forms of authority, ... and they have taken refuge in a turbulent and inchoate nihilism whose sole objectives are destruction. I know of no time in our history when the gap between the generations has been wider or more potentially dangerous."

"When I was at teacher training college, there was none of this sort of thing. My fellow students and I never thought of raising self-esteem or making dreams come true. Our expectations did not go beyond the 3 R's and providing them some pointers on personal hygiene. We might not have fretted much about our children's souls in the old days but we did send them out into the world knowing how to do long division." Mmm.