“As the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch Sailor’s eyes—a fresh green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby’s house, had once

But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country-but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that.

I never knew where I was going, but I ripped the tits off of everything that got in my way.

There is common sense in the apparent madness of my campaign.

In the ominous, ugly-splintered context of what is happening in Amerika a lot of people are beginning to understand that to be a freak is an honorable way to go.

In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely. We owe that to ourselves and our crippled self-image as something better than a nation of

“Beat them to death with their own rules”: with Oscar Acosta at Freak Power headquarters, 1970.

Freak Power was the theme, and it worked. We beat the buggers stupid.

We are clearly capable of almost anything… and even the pig-people realize it. I tell you this politics gig is a wild and heavy trip; I got about as high on that election, for 21 straight days, as I’ve ever been on acid … and I can see, now, why people get addicted to this

Make the fatbacks understand how vulnerable they are—not only at the polls, but every hour of every wretched day.

Today’s Pig is Tomorrow’s Bacon.

Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas ... with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used. 🇺🇸