Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
ABBIE HOFFMANRevolution 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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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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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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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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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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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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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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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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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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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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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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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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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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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