It’s embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller’s List.
ABBIE HOFFMANExpedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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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 only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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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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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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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
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Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
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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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Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there’s peace. Well, I ain’t for that peace at all.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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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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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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Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results. Why waste even a rock?
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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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A revolution in consciousness is an empty high without a revolution in the distribution of power. We are not interested in the greening of Amerika except for the grass that will cover its grave.
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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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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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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.
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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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Fantasy is the only truth.
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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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