Top 6 Mario Savio Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Having a place in this society is far less important than creating a society in which one would want to have a place.”

— Mario Savio

2. “There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious – makes you so sick at heart – that you can’t take part. You can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.”

— Mario Savio

3. “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

4. “The most exciting things going on in America today are movements to change America.”

— Mario Savio

5. “I’m tired of reading about history, I want to make it.”

— Mario Savio

6. “The university is a vast public utility which turns out future workers in today’s vineyard, the military-industrial complex.”

— Mario Savio

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