Abbie Hoffman Quotes

Abbie Hoffman was a prominent American political and social activist, best known for his involvement in the countercultural and anti-war movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Hoffman was a co-founder of the Youth International Party (Yippies) and was known for his provocative and theatrical protests against societal norms and government policies. His activism left a lasting impact on American culture and politics.

Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.... -Abbie Hoffman

Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.

The only way to support a revolution is to make yo... -Abbie Hoffman

The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.

Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.

Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooti... -Abbie Hoffman

Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.

You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.

I'm a nomad. A Jewish road warrior. I do not have a concept of home. I wish I did. But I live with the idea that we have to get out of town before dawn.

Structure is more important than content in the tr... -Abbie Hoffman

Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.

A modern revolutionary group heads for the televis... -Abbie Hoffman

A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in ... -Abbie Hoffman

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.

I was a fugitive, taking risks with my life. I chose that. I chose to be a volunteer to go to Guatemala when they were having their earthquake, to help people with a team of doctors.

Once you get the right image the details aren't th... -Abbie Hoffman

Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.

There is a difference between being self-intereste... -Abbie Hoffman

There is a difference between being self-interested and being selfish. I will never be selfish.

We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, ... -Abbie Hoffman

We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.

The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away w... -Abbie Hoffman

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral.

Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contempora... -Abbie Hoffman

Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.

I was probably the only revolutionary referred to ... -Abbie Hoffman

I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.

Never impose your language on people you wish to r... -Abbie Hoffman

Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.

I will say this: In order for the planet to surviv... -Abbie Hoffman

I will say this: In order for the planet to survive, there are going to be acts of ecoterrorism.

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free ... -Abbie Hoffman

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.

Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.

The majority of people were always sitting in the stands. When I find people who are willing to go against the grain, who are willing to make tremendous sacrifices to change an unjust situation - that's what blows my mind out.

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