I was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
ABBIE HOFFMANI was probably the only professed revolutionary ever referred to as “cute.”
ABBIE HOFFMANIt’s too late. We can’t win, they’ve gotten too powerful.
ABBIE HOFFMANA revolution in consciousness is an empty high without a revolution in the distribution of power. We are not interested in the greening of Amerika except for the grass that will cover its grave.
ABBIE HOFFMANI think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.
ABBIE HOFFMANWhat if when they called a war, no one went?
ABBIE HOFFMANI believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
ABBIE HOFFMANRandom political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
ABBIE HOFFMANToday is the first day of the rest of your life.
ABBIE HOFFMANIn this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you’re selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!
ABBIE HOFFMANHep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
ABBIE HOFFMANIt’s going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People’s Park, all rolled into one.
ABBIE HOFFMANFree speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
ABBIE HOFFMANI just want to do what has to be done so much. I’ll never understand why everyone else doesn’t feel this way.
ABBIE HOFFMANWhen I appear in the Chicago courtroom, I want to be tried not because I support the NLF – which I do – but because I have long hair.
ABBIE HOFFMAN