The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
ABBIE HOFFMANI believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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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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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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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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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When 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.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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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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It’s embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller’s List.
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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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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 only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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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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Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
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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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