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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?

Abbie Hoffman

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.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Crazy Humor Maintain People Sense Winning
Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results. Why waste even a rock?
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Molotov Cocktail Random Violence Rocks
Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they’ll tell you it’s to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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College Education Race Truth Two Usually
Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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Crowded Fire Freedom Mean Right Speech Technology
The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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Best Educate Oneself Revolution Way
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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Day First Inspirational Life Motivational Today
Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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Advice Cow Hamburger Sacred Tastiest
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

Consciousness Cover Distribution Empty Grass Grave Greening Power Revolution
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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Change Hippie Ideology Liberty Process Revolution Something
My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Authority Democracy Disrespect Kid
It’s embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller’s List.
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Best Embarrassing Government List Political Seller Wind
Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
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Actor Available Less Life Need Rehearse Script
Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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Collection Commitment Dope Drinking More Picture Postage Smoking Stamp
Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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Content Important Information Structure Transmission
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
I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to try and change things by fighting the powers that be is always, throughout history, the only decision.
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Authority Decision Face Fighting Thinking Versus

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