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It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.
Abbie Hoffman
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Abbie Hoffman
Age: 52 †
Born: 1936
Born: November 30
Died: 1989
Died: April 12
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Action is the only reality not only reality, but morality as well.
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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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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you're selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!
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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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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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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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It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful.
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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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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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Fantasy is the only truth.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.
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