Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
ABBIE HOFFMANWhen decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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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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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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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I’ve learned that lesson twice now.
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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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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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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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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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Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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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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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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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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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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..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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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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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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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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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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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