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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.

Abbie Hoffman

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Abbie Hoffman
Age: 52 †
Born: 1936
Born: November 30
Died: 1989
Died: April 12
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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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Action is the only reality not only reality, but morality as well.
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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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