--- title: "1 Just End Quotes By Phil Ochs" description: "1 Just End quotes by Phil Ochs. Plus more from Phil Ochs and more Just End sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/phil-ochs-11616_boys_so-do-your-duty-boys-and-join-with-pride_3061415.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/so-do-your-duty-boys-and-join-with-prideserve-your-country-in-her/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/phil-ochs-11616_boys_so-do-your-duty-boys-and-join-with-pride_3061415.jpg) ## 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/just-end/phil-ochs/#itemlist", "name": "1 Just End Quotes By Phil Ochs", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 war is overIt's over, it's over.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Phil Ochs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/so-do-your-duty-boys-and-join-with-prideserve-your-country-in-her/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/phil-ochs-11616_boys_so-do-your-duty-boys-and-join-with-pride_3061415.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/phil-ochs-11616_boys_so-do-your-duty-boys-and-join-with-pride_3061415.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/phil-ochs-11616_boys_so-do-your-duty-boys-and-join-with-pride_3061415.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So do your duty, boys, and join with prideServe your country in her suicideFind the flags so you can wave…” — Phil Ochs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just-end/phil-ochs/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just-end/phil-ochs/", "name": "Just End Quotes by Phil Ochs", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just-end/phil-ochs/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/phil-ochs-11616_boys_so-do-your-duty-boys-and-join-with-pride_3061415.jpg" }, "description": "1 Just End quotes by Phil Ochs. 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