Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there’s peace. Well, I ain’t for that peace at all.
ABBIE HOFFMANIn 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!
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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
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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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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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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
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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.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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Fantasy is the only truth.
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The ’60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.
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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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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