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Abbie Hoffman

In 1861, Lincoln said in his inaugural address: 'When the people shall grow weary of their constitutional right to amend their government, they shall exert their revolutionary right to dismember and overthrow that government.' And if Lincoln had given that speech in Lincoln Park last summer, he'd be put on trial with the rest of us.

William Kunstler

So, how do you overthrow or dismember, as you say, your government peacefully?

Abbie Hoffman

In this country, we do it every four years.

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