Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
ABBIE HOFFMANNever impose your language on people you wish to reach.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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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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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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Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
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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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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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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral.
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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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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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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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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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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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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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