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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.
Abbie Hoffman
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Abbie Hoffman
Age: 52 †
Born: 1936
Born: November 30
Died: 1989
Died: April 12
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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!
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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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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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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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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Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
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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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Fantasy is the only truth.
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Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.
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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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It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful.
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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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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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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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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 '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 was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as cute.
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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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