Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks.
When I appear in the Chicago courtroom, I want to be tried not because I support the NLF – which I do – but because I have long hair.
I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.
I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.
Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
Fantasy is the only truth.
Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
It’s going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People’s Park, all rolled into one.
What if when they called a war, no one went?
In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you’re selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!
Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
Wouldn’t you want to be indicted by the govenment for a high crime? It’s a great thrill. It’s an honor. It’s a compliment. It’s fun. I’m enjoying every minute of it!
The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that’s about tenth or eleventh on their list.
Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.