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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!

Abbie Hoffman

Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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Contemporary Expedience Justice Law Rule
Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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Crowded Fire Freedom Mean Right Speech Technology
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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Brother Evil Immoral Institution Law Pig Pillar Sister Steal
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Decorum Dignity Men Out Repression Speaks
It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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Gotten Late Powerful Win Winning
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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Breakfast Revolution Second
The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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Inspirational Life Revolution Support Truth Way
Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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Collection Commitment Dope Drinking More Picture Postage Smoking Stamp
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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Molotov Cocktail Random Violence Rocks
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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College Education Race Truth Two Usually
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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Alternative Anger Importantly Key Organize People Society
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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Consciousness Cover Distribution Empty Grass Grave Greening Power Revolution
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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Crazy Humor Maintain People Sense Winning
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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Appear Hair Long Support Tried
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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Dope Great never Rock Roll Sex
Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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Advice Cow Hamburger Sacred Tastiest

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