So do your duty, boys, and join with prideServe your country in her suicideFind the flags so you can wave goodbyeBut just before the end even treason might be worth a tryThis country is too young to dieI declare the… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
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… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
You can do right or you can do what you are told. And the prize of the victory will belong to the bold. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
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… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
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… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more that you try to find success, the more that you will fail. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
In the state of Mississippi, Many Years Ago, a boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
The only possibility in the United States for a humane society would be a revolution with Elvis Presley as leader. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
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… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
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… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
