Abbie Hoffman Quotes

American - Activist November 30, 1936 - April 12, 1989

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

Great, Rock And Roll, Rock, Free, Sex

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

Worth, Dope, Shooting, Only, Avoid

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

Selfish, Difference, Never, Will, Being

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. Abbie Hoffman

Life, Respect, War, Death, Robots, Learn

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

Freedom, Democracy, You, Measure, Gives

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

Support, Revolution, Way, Own, Only

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

People, Language, Wish, You, Reach, Your

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. Abbie Hoffman

Revolution, Process, Spirit, Human, Nor

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

First, Duty, Away, Get, Revolutionary

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

Fire, Theatre, Free, Speech, Right

Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger. Abbie Hoffman

Cows, Hamburger, Sacred, Make

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

People, Believe, I Believe, Eat, More

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. Abbie Hoffman

Home, Live, Road, Wish, Warrior, Dawn

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. Abbie Hoffman

Sister, Evil, Brother, Pig, Empire

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

Men, Speak, Free, Dignity, Only, Out

I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute. Abbie Hoffman

Cute, Only, Revolutionary, Referred

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. Abbie Hoffman

Change, Mind, People, Situation, Sitting

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

Say, Survive, Planet, Will, Order, Going

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. Abbie Hoffman

Life, Team, Risks, People, Help, My Life

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

Medical, Legal, Political, Understand

A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station. Abbie Hoffman

Group, Television, Modern, Revolutionary

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

Details, You, Important, Image, Right

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

Information, Important, Content, More

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

Society, People, Key, Organizing, Want

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

Justice, Law, American, Rule, Expedience

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