Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they’ll tell you it’s to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.
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Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there’s peace. Well, I ain’t for that peace at all.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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Wouldn’t you want to be indicted by the govenment for a high crime? It’s a great thrill. It’s an honor. It’s a compliment. It’s fun. I’m enjoying every minute of it!
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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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I learned one thing; you never do anything for fame or money. You only do things ’cause they’re fun or good. If you can combine the two at the same time, you can make a contribution to the world and have a lot of happiness.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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It’s embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller’s List.
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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.
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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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