Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
ABBIE HOFFMANWhen 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.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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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 ’60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.
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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!
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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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If you don’t have sex and you don’t do drugs, your rock ‘n’ roll better be awfully good.
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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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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 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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Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.
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