You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.

Quote by Abbie Hoffman

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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there...

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there...

Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.

Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.

Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.

Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are...

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are...

The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can...

The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can...

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in...

Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in...

The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.

The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.

Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.

Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.

The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and...

The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and...

Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.

Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.

Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular...

Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular...

I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.

I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.

To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions...

To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions...

A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.

A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.

Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular...

Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular...

Don't worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test... Lots of things made...

Don't worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test... Lots of things made...

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of...

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of...

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised...

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised...