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 HOFFMANUsually 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.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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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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It’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
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Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
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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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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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Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
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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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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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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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Fantasy is the only truth.
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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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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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