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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.
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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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as cute.
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Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results. Why waste even a rock?
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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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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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What if when they called a war, no one went?
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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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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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Action is the only reality not only reality, but morality as well.
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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 '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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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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