You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
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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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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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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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Fantasy is the only truth.
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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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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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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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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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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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