To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral.
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.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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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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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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
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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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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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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.
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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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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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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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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