The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
ABBIE HOFFMAN..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do ’em. And don’t bullshit. I mean that’s the thing about doin’ that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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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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. I think I’ve learned that lesson twice now.
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I just want to do what has to be done so much. I’ll never understand why everyone else doesn’t feel this way.
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A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.
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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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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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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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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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Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
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Fantasy is the only truth.
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I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to try and change things by fighting the powers that be is always, throughout history, the only decision.
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