Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
ABBIE HOFFMANFree speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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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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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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I’ve learned that lesson twice now.
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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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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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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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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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Wouldn’t you want to be indicted by the govenment for a high crime? It’s a great thrill. It’s an honor. It’s a compliment. It’s fun. I’m enjoying every minute of it!
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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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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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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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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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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