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!
ABBIE HOFFMANI believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.
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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I’ve learned that lesson twice now.
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The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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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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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to try and change things by fighting the powers that be is always, throughout history, the only decision.
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Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it’s something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.
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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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If you don’t have sex and you don’t do drugs, your rock ‘n’ roll better be awfully good.
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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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