If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously.

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Take what you can use and let the rest go by

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it...

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it...

If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there...

When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there...

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love...

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love...

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise...

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise...

We thought that by this time that there would be LSD given in classes in...

We thought that by this time that there would be LSD given in classes in...

The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.

The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right...

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right...

I've been to too many Dead concerts. There've been smokin' holes where my memory used...

I've been to too many Dead concerts. There've been smokin' holes where my memory used...

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire...

Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire...