The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe 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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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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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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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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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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In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you’re selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!
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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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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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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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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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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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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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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.
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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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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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