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

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. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.

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.

It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.

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 an empty high without a revolution in the distribution of power. We are not interested in the greening of Amerika except for the grass that will cover its grave.

..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do 'em. And don't bullshit. I mean that's the thing about doin' that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.

Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.