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Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
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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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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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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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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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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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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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I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as cute.
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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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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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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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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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.
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Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.
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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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It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.
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The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
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Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
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