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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”

Abbie Hoffman

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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Consciousness Cover Distribution Empty Grass Grave Greening Power Revolution
I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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Cute Probably Rebellious Revolutionary
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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Authority Decision Face Fighting Thinking Versus
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Decorum Dignity Men Out Repression Speaks
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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Breakfast Revolution Second
Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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Commitment Dope Drinking Hanging Smoking
Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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Political Produce Random Rock
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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Dope Kid Minor Real Sale State Year
Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
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Cause Condition Dangerous Death Disease Numbers
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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Change Hippie Ideology Liberty Process Revolution Something
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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Conformist Democracy Dissident Freedom Giving Political
I learned one thing; you never do anything for fame or money. You only do things ’cause they’re fun or good. If you can combine the two at the same time, you can make a contribution to the world and have a lot of happiness.
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Combine Fun Learned Thing Two World
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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Crazy Humor Maintain People Sense Winning
Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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Impose Language People Reach Wish
If you don’t have sex and you don’t do drugs, your rock ‘n’ roll better be awfully good.
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Awfully Drug Good Music Rock Sex
Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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Action Morality Reality Well

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