Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it’s something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.
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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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 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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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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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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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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.
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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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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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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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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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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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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