There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
ABBIE HOFFMANA 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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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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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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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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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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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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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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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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The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
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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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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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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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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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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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If you don’t have sex and you don’t do drugs, your rock ‘n’ roll better be awfully good.
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