Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Saying ·203 of 348
"Never trust anyone over 30."
They never said that.
What people say
"Never trust anyone over 30."
What was actually said
Never trust anyone over 30. — Jack Weinberg, San Francisco Chronicle interview, 6 November 1964. Jack Weinberg — Free Speech Movement, Berkeley, 1964
Why it stuck
Weinberg coined the phrase in an interview to push back on a journalist he suspected of outside influence. It was adopted as a movement slogan, then attributed to Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, and others.
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