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A revolution in consciousness is an empty high without a revolution in the distribution of power. We are not interested in the greening of Amerika except for the grass that will cover its grave.

Abbie Hoffman

Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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Commitment Dope Drinking Hanging Smoking
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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Alternative Anger Importantly Key Organize People Society
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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Accepting Challenge Community Essence Individual Nation Revolution Successful
Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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Political Produce Random Rock
I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
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Believe Compulsory Military Peace War
What if when they called a war, no one went?
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Call Question War
The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that’s about tenth or eleventh on their list.
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Educate Idea Inform List Media Ridiculous
Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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Contemporary Expedience Justice Law Rule
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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Combine Fun Learned Thing Two World
Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results. Why waste even a rock?
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Molotov Cocktail Random Violence Rocks
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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Dope Kid Minor Real Sale State Year
The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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Inspirational Life Revolution Support Truth Way
Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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Action Morality Reality Well
The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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Best Educate Oneself Revolution Way
Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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Dope Drug Funny Needle Political Shooting
Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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Abuse Clinical Legal Medical Political Understand

A revolution in consciousness is an empty high without a revolution in the distribution of power. We are not interested in the greening of Amerika except for the grass that will cover its grave.

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