There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
ABBIE HOFFMANThe ’60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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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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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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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 only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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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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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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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 revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
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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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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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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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