The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.
ABBIE HOFFMANBecome 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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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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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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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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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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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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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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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 first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
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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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My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
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