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.
ABBIE HOFFMANUnderstand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you’re selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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If you don’t have sex and you don’t do drugs, your rock ‘n’ roll better be awfully good.
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To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral.
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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
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The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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