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.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe work that the kids saw around them was so odious, so boring, so worthless that they came to regard WORK as the only dirty four-letter word in the English language.
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The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that’s about tenth or eleventh on their list.
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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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The work that the kids saw around them was so odious, so boring, so worthless that they came to regard WORK as the only dirty four-letter word in the English language.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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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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Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
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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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Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you’re selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!
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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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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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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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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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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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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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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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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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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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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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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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 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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