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.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe 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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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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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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Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks.
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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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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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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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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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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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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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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 key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
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Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there’s peace. Well, I ain’t for that peace at all.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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