--- title: "2 Demonstration Quotes By Phil Ochs" description: "2 Demonstration quotes by Phil Ochs. Plus more from Phil Ochs and more Demonstration sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/phil-ochs-11616_baseball_the-yippie-demonstrations-were-merely-an_2696153.jpg" --- > [The Yippie demonstrations were merely an attack of mental disobedience on an obediently insane society... and if you feel you have been living in an unreal world for the last couple of years, it is particularly because this power structure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/the-yippie-demonstrations-were-merely-an-attack-of-mental/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/phil-ochs-11616_baseball_the-yippie-demonstrations-were-merely-an_2696153.jpg) > [Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why. But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/maybe-we-should-raise-our-voices-ask-somebody-why-but-demonstrations/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/phil-ochs-11616_asks_maybe-we-should-raise-our-voices-ask-som_2775555.png) ## Other authors on Demonstration - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demonstration/noam-chomsky/) - [Aristotle 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demonstration/aristotle/) - [Neale Donald Walsch 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demonstration/neale-donald-walsch/) ## More by Phil Ochs > [Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/even-though-you-can-t-expect-to-defeat-the-absurdity-of-the-world-you/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [You can do right or you can do what you are told. And the prize of the victory will belong to the bold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/you-can-do-right-or-you-can-do-what-you-are-told-and-the-prize-of-the/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/is-there-anybody-here-who-thinks-that-following-the-orders-takes-away/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/i-can-spare-a-dime-brother-but-in-these-morally-inflationary-times-a/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more that you try to find success, the more that you will fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/god-help-the-troubadour-who-tries-to-be-a-star-the-more-that-you-try/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/even-though-you-can-t-expect-to-defeat-the-absurdity-of-the-world-you-2/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [I wonder who I left behind on the other side of fame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/i-wonder-who-i-left-behind-on-the-other-side-of-fame/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [In the state of Mississippi, Many Years Ago, a boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/in-the-state-of-mississippi-many-years-ago-a-boy-of-14-years-got-a/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/there-is-an-urgent-need-for-americans-to-look-deeply-into-themselves/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/one-legged-veterans-will-greet-the-dawn-and-they-re-whistling-marches/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [The only possibility in the United States for a humane society would be a revolution with Elvis Presley as leader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/the-only-possibility-in-the-united-states-for-a-humane-society-would/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [Oh you tell me that there's danger to the land you call your own, And you watch them build the war machine right beside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/oh-you-tell-me-that-there-s-danger-to-the-land-you-call-your-own-and/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/step-outside-the-guidelines-of-the-official-umpires-and-make-your-own/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/it-is-wrong-to-expect-a-reward-for-your-struggles-the-reward-is-the/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/and-if-there-s-any-hope-for-america-it-lies-in-a-revolution-and-if/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demonstration/phil-ochs/#itemlist", "name": "2 Demonstration Quotes By Phil Ochs", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Yippie demonstrations were merely an attack of mental disobedience on an obediently insane society... and if you feel you have been living in an unreal world for the last couple of years, it is particularly because this power structure has refused to listen to reason... 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