When I appear in the Chicago courtroom, I want to be tried not because I support the NLF – which I do – but because I have long hair.
ABBIE HOFFMANI was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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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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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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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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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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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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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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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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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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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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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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If you don’t have sex and you don’t do drugs, your rock ‘n’ roll better be awfully good.
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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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