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.
ABBIE HOFFMANAction is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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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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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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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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Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
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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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Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results. Why waste even a rock?
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I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.
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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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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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Fantasy is the only truth.
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Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there’s peace. Well, I ain’t for that peace at all.
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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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