I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.
ABBIE HOFFMANWouldn’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!
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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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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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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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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Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
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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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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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Random political acts produce random political 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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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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