Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results. Why waste even a rock?
ABBIE HOFFMANRevolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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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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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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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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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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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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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.
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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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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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