81 Quotes by Phil Ochs

Some people never get their feet on the ground, They’re either sitting in a chair or theyre laying down...

Show me a country where the bombs had to fallShow me the ruins of buildings so tallAnd I’ll show you a young landWith many reasons whyThere but for fortune, go you or IYou or I.

I’m gonna give all I’ve got to giveCross my heart, and I hope to live.

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

You can do what’s right, or you can do what you are told.

I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it’s demanding work rather than adding to the indignity of relief.

The glory that was Lincoln’s never died when he was slain.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That's morality, that's religion, that's art, that's life.

God isn't dead - he's just missing in action.