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Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks.

— Abbie Hoffman Steal This Book (1971)

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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.

Revolution for the Hell of It (1968)

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