Fantasy is the only truth.
ABBIE HOFFMANFree speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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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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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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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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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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If you don’t have sex and you don’t do drugs, your rock ‘n’ roll better be awfully good.
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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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Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.
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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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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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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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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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