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.
ABBIE HOFFMANDemocracy 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.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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If you don’t have sex and you don’t do drugs, your rock ‘n’ roll better be awfully good.
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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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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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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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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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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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It’s embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller’s List.
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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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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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