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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.

Abbie Hoffman

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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Absolutely Challenging Learned Successful Thinking Winning
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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Authority Democracy Disrespect Kid
Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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Political Produce Random Rock
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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Accepting Challenge Community Essence Individual Nation Revolution Successful
Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
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Cause Condition Dangerous Death Disease Numbers
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
Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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Advice Cow Hamburger Sacred Tastiest
I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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Cute Probably Rebellious Revolutionary
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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Dope Great never Rock Roll Sex
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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Crazy Humor Maintain People Sense Winning
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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Alternative Anger Importantly Key Organize People Society
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Decorum Dignity Men Out Repression Speaks
Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there’s peace. Well, I ain’t for that peace at all.
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Complicated Concept Gobbles Lamb Lips Peace Wipe
The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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Inspirational Life Revolution Support Truth Way
..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do ’em. And don’t bullshit. I mean that’s the thing about doin’ that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.
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Guerrilla Head Ideas Bullshit Mean Stoned
There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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Challenging Giving Greater Success Winning

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