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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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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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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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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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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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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.
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It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful.
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To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral.
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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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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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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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