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.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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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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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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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The ’60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.
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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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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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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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A revolution in consciousness is an empty high without a revolution in the distribution of power. We are not interested in the greening of Amerika except for the grass that will cover its grave.
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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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It’s going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People’s Park, all rolled into one.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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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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Fantasy is the only truth.
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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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