81 Quotes by Phil Ochs

Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why. But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high.

Evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders, but the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the embers, and world of hunger in vengeance will always remember.

It's always the old to lead us to the war. It's always the young to fall.

In every political community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects. Ten degrees to the left of center in good times. Ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. Here, then, is a lesson in safe logic.

God isn’t dead – he’s just missing in action.

Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I’ll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.

And I won’t be laughing at the lies when I’m goneAnd I can’t question how or when or why when I’m goneCan’t live proud enough to die when I’m goneSo I guess I’ll have to do it while I’m here.

And if there’s any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there’s any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.

Even though you can’t expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.