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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.

Abbie Hoffman

I just want to do what has to be done so much. I’ll never understand why everyone else doesn’t feel this way.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Done Everyone Much Want Way
A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.
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Changing Concentrate Group Hippie Modern Political
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
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
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
Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
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Detail Image Important Right
Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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Dope Drug Funny Needle Political Shooting
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
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
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.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

College Education Race Truth Two Usually
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
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Breakfast Duty Eat Hippie Liberty Political Second
I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to try and change things by fighting the powers that be is always, throughout history, the only decision.
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Authority Decision Face Fighting Thinking Versus
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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Accepting Challenge Community Essence Individual Nation Revolution Successful
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
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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Dope Kid Minor Real Sale State Year
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!
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Compliment Crime Fun Government Great High Honor Indicted Thrill

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