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Wouldn't you want to be indicted by the govenment for a high crime? It's a great thrill. It's an honor. It's a compliment. It's fun. I'm enjoying every minute of it!
Abbie Hoffman
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Abbie Hoffman
Age: 52 †
Born: 1936
Born: November 30
Died: 1989
Died: April 12
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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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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful.
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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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Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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When I appear in the Chicago courtroom, I want to be tried not because I support the NLF - which I do - but because I have long hair.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
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Action is the only reality not only reality, but morality as well.
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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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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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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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