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The Beatles may be more popular than Jesus but heavy cats like Chairman Mao, Uncle Ho, and beautiful long-haired Che Guevara are more popular than The Beatles.

— Abbie Hoffman Woodstock Nation (1969)

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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.

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All you kiddies remember to lay off the needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.

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

Revolution for the Hell of It (1968)

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

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

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