It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
ABBIE HOFFMANFantasy is the only truth.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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.
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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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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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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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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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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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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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Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.
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Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks.
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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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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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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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