Occupation: Social Activist Birth: November 30, 1936 Death: April 12, 1989
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 professed revolutionary ever referred to as "cute.".
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists..
It's going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People's Park, all rolled into one..
I just want to do what has to be done so much. I'll never understand why everyone else doesn't feel this way..
Fantasy is the only truth..
Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information..
You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I ….
Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger..
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 eve….
Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent..
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….
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going..
It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful..
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..
If you don't have sex and you don't do drugs, your rock 'n' roll better be awfully good..
The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going..
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 cr….
I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars..
Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps. A revolution in consciousness is ….
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..