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.
ABBIE HOFFMANI was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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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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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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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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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Fantasy is the only truth.
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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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Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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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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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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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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