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.
ABBIE HOFFMANI was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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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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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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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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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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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Fantasy is the only truth.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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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.
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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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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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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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If you don’t have sex and you don’t do drugs, your rock ‘n’ roll better be awfully good.
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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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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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