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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.

Abbie Hoffman

Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Dope Drug Funny Needle Political Shooting
When I appear in the Chicago courtroom, I want to be tried not because I support the NLF – which I do – but because I have long hair.
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Appear Hair Long Support Tried
Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Abuse Clinical Legal Medical Political Understand
Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Crowded Fire Freedom Mean Right Speech Technology
The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Inspirational Life Revolution Support Truth Way
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 just want to do what has to be done so much. I’ll never understand why everyone else doesn’t feel this way.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Done Everyone Much Want Way
Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Depression Form Individual Nostalgia Society
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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Combine Fun Learned Thing Two World
I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Believe Compulsory Military Peace War
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.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Complicated Concept Gobbles Lamb Lips Peace Wipe
It’s embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller’s List.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Best Embarrassing Government List Political Seller Wind
The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Accepting Challenge Community Essence Individual Nation Revolution Successful
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 HOFFMAN

Believe Democracy Freedom Hang Motivational Participate
In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you’re selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!
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Dope Kid Minor Real Sale State Year
Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Action Morality Reality Well

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