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Steal This Book is a counterculture classic written by activist and self-proclaimed "anarchist" Abbie Hoffman in 1971. The book is a subversive guide to social and political activism, offering practical advice and tips for challenging authority, protesting injustice, and living a more liberated, free-spirited life.
- Abbie Hoffman, Izak Haber, Bert Cohen, Lisa Fithian, Al Giordano
- 1971
- “Free speech is the right to shout 'theater' in a crowded fire.” ― Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Book.
- “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.
- “The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.” ― Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Book.
- “Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a. commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.” ― Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Book.
A driving force behind the social revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, Hoffman inspired a generation to challenge the status quo. Meant as a practical guide for the aspiring hippie, Steal This Book captures Hoffman's puckish tone and became a cult classic with over 200,000 copies sold.
Collection of sourced quotations from Steal This Book (1971) by Abbie Hoffman. Share with your friends the best quotes from Steal This Book.
56 of the best book quotes about stealing. 01. “She didn’t care about the food. . . . It was the book she wanted. . . . She wouldn’t tolerate having it given to her by a lonely, pathetic old woman. Stealing it on the other hand, seemed a little more acceptable. Stealing it, in a sick kind of sense, was like earning it.”.
That’s the best thing. Just steal.”. – Ritchie Blackmore. “The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.”. – Jimmy Breslin. “It’s nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I’m trying to steal from the real people.”. – John Hawkes.
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Dewey Decimal. 335/.83 20. LC Class. HX843.7.H64 A3 1971a. Steal This Book is a book written by Abbie Hoffman. Written in 1970 and published in 1971, the book exemplified the counterculture of the sixties. The book sold more than a quarter of a million copies between April and November 1971. [2] The number of copies that were stolen is unknown.
