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“After 15 years of work I have achieved, as a common German soldier and merely with my fanatical willpower, the unity of the German nation, and have freed it from the death sentence of Versailles.”
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“You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.”
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“Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.”
Source : "Suvorof". Book by W. Lyon Blease, 1926.
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“Citizens who take it upon themselves to do unusual actions which attract the attention of the police should be careful to bring these actions into one of the recognized categories of crimes and offences, for it is intolerable that the police should be put to the pains of inventing reasons for finding them undesirable.”
Source : "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert. Chapter "Is It a Free Country?", 1935.
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“the apathy and inattention of the average citizen is beyond comprehension.”
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“The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state.”
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“Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.”
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“In the Federal Government, electronic records are as indispensable as their paper counterparts for documenting citizens' rights, the actions for which officials are accountable, and the nation's history.”
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“The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.”
Source : Abbie Hoffman (2009). “Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial”, p.184, Da Capo Press
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“Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly.”
