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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.

Abbie Hoffman

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
It’s going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People’s Park, all rolled into one.
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Combination Festival Park People Rolled Scope Trial
Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
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Actor Available Less Life Need Rehearse Script
If you don’t have sex and you don’t do drugs, your rock ‘n’ roll better be awfully good.
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Awfully Drug Good Music Rock Sex
Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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Commitment Dope Drinking Hanging Smoking
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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Change Hippie Ideology Liberty Process Revolution Something
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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Believe Democracy Freedom Hang Motivational Participate
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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Educate Idea Inform List Media Ridiculous
It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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Gotten Late Powerful Win Winning
The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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College Destroy Reason Should
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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Absolutely Challenging Learned Successful Thinking Winning
..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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Guerrilla Head Ideas Bullshit Mean Stoned
Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there’s peace. Well, I ain’t for that peace at all.
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Complicated Concept Gobbles Lamb Lips Peace Wipe
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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Conformist Democracy Dissident Freedom Giving Political
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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Compliment Crime Fun Government Great High Honor Indicted Thrill
Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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Impose Language People Reach Wish

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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