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Abbie Hoffman
Age: 52 †
Born: 1936
Born: November 30
Died: 1989
Died: April 12
Human Rights Activist
Peace Activist
Political Activist
Political Writer
Politician
Psychologist
Social Activist
Writer
Worcester
Massachusetts
Abbie Hoffmann
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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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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.
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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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I learned one thing you never do anything for fame or money. You only do things 'cause they're fun or good. If you can combine the two at the same time, you can make a contribution to the world and have a lot of happiness.
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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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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.
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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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It's going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People's Park, all rolled into one.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as cute.
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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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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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The work that the kids saw around them was so odious, so boring, so worthless that they came to regard WORK as the only dirty four-letter word in the English language.
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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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Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there's peace. Well, I ain't for that peace at all.
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It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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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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