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The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that's about tenth or eleventh on their list.

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Abbie Hoffman
Age: 52 †
Born: 1936
Born: November 30
Died: 1989
Died: April 12
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..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do 'em. And don't bullshit. I mean that's the thing about doin' that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.
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My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
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Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.
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I just want to do what has to be done so much. I'll never understand why everyone else doesn't feel this way.
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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.
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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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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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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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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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Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
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