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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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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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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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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Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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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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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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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I learned one thing; you never do anything for fame or money. You only do things ’cause they’re fun or good. If you can combine the two at the same time, you can make a contribution to the world and have a lot of happiness.
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..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do ’em. And don’t bullshit. I mean that’s the thing about doin’ that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.
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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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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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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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