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The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
Abbie Hoffman
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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
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Worcester
Massachusetts
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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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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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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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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as cute.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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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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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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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.
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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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..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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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
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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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Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
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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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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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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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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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