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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

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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Combine Fun Learned Thing Two World
Fantasy is the only truth.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Dig Fantasy Manslaughter Mirror Sale State
I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Believe Compulsory Military Peace War
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.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Appear Hair Long Support Tried
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
Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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Impose Language People Reach Wish
Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Abuse Clinical Legal Medical Political Understand
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
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Breakfast Duty Eat Hippie Liberty Political Second
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 best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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Best Educate Oneself Revolution Way
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.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Consciousness Cover Distribution Empty Grass Grave Greening Power Revolution
Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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Depression Form Individual Nostalgia Society
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
It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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Gotten Late Powerful Win Winning
What if when they called a war, no one went?
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Call Question War

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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