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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.
Abbie Hoffman
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Abbie Hoffman
Age: 52 †
Born: 1936
Born: November 30
Died: 1989
Died: April 12
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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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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Action is the only reality not only reality, but morality as well.
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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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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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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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps. 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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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful.
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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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Fantasy is the only truth.
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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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