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Abbie Hoffman Quotes: My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
         

My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.


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



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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.



Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.

Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.



Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.



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

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



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.

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.



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.

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.



Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.

Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.



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

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



When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.





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Im a realist, not a sugar coater. I believe in always letting people know what their obstacles are. And at the end of the day, I just want to be respected for my hard work.

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