At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education.
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ALICE HOFFMAN Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire. ABBIE HOFFMAN The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. HANS HOFFMAN I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed there would be no... ABBIE HOFFMAN Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse... ABBIE HOFFMAN Stay away from needle drugs. Richard Nixon is the only dope worth shooting. ABBIE HOFFMAN People hide their truest nature. I understood that; I even applauded it. What sort of world would it... ALICE HOFFMAN Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey! BARBARA HOFFMAN When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out. ABBIE HOFFMAN follow the evidence wherever it leads. DAVID HOFFMAN Next to that kid, we all look like onions. 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