The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
ABBIE HOFFMANNostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that’s about tenth or eleventh on their list.
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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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It’s going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People’s Park, all rolled into one.
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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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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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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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Fantasy is the only truth.
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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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Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
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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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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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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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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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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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