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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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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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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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
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Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
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Action is the only reality not only reality, but morality as well.
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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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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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