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.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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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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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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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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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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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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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 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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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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Fantasy is the only truth.
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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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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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