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.
ABBIE HOFFMANRandom political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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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 only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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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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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
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Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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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.
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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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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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It’s going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People’s Park, all rolled into one.
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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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