Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
ABBIE HOFFMANNostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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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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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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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.
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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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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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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 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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Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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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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