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

—  Abbie Hoffman , book Steal This Book

On the success of his book, Steal This Book, as quoted in Steal This Book Too!‎ (2004) by Sean Curtis.

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