The work that the kids saw around them was so odious, so boring, so worthless that they came to regard WORK as the only dirty four-letter word in the English language.
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.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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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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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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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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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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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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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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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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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