Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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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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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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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
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When I appear in the Chicago courtroom, I want to be tried not because I support the NLF – which I do – but because I have long hair.
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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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It’s embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller’s List.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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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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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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