When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
ABBIE HOFFMANSmoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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I just want to do what has to be done so much. I’ll never understand why everyone else doesn’t feel this way.
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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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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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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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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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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
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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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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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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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A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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