My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
ABBIE HOFFMANNostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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It’s embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller’s List.
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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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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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A revolution in consciousness is an empty high without a revolution in the distribution of power. We are not interested in the greening of Amerika except for the grass that will cover its grave.
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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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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.
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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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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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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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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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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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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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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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