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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.
Abbie Hoffman
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Abbie Hoffman
Age: 52 †
Born: 1936
Born: November 30
Died: 1989
Died: April 12
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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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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
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Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
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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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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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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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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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Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I've learned that lesson twice now. The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.
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