Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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.
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The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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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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..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do ’em. And don’t bullshit. I mean that’s the thing about doin’ that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.
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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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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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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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Revolution 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.
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Fantasy is the only truth.
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Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they’ll tell you it’s to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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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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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
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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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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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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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