Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it’s something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.
ABBIE HOFFMANIt’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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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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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
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Fantasy is the only truth.
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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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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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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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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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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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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I just want to do what has to be done so much. I’ll never understand why everyone else doesn’t feel this way.
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My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
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