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Revolution for the Hell of It

Abbie Hoffman

Quotes

  1. The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.

    p. 184

  2. TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

    p. 184

  3. I can only related to Chicago as a personal anarchist, a revolutionary artist. If that sounds egotistical, tough shit. My concept of reality comes from what I see, touch, and feel, The rest, as far as I'm concerned, didn't happen. If it did, so what, then it happened. Great! I am my own leader I make my own rules. The revolution is whereever my boots hit the ground. If the Left considers this adventurism, fuck 'em, they are a total bureaucratic bore.

  4. THE KEY TO ORGANIZING AN ALTERNATIVE SOCIETY IS TO ORGANIZE PEOPLE AROUND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

    p. 135

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

    p. 188

  6. I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.

    p. 187

  7. You ask, "What about the innocent bystanders?" But we are in a time of revolution. If you are a bystander, you are not innocent.

    p. 183

  8. STRUCTURE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CONTENT IN THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION. It is the same as saying "the medium is the message."

    p. 109

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