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Quotes from Soon to be a Major Motion Picture — Abbie Hoffman

1936–1989 United States

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A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980)

Free speech is the right to shout "Theater!" in a crowded fire.

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980)

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.

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980)

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

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980)

There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I've learned that lesson twice now. The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Abbie Hoffman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.