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 HOFFMANThe key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
ABBIE HOFFMANThere is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
ABBIE HOFFMAN..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do ’em. And don’t bullshit. I mean that’s the thing about doin’ that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.
ABBIE HOFFMANWouldn’t you want to be indicted by the govenment for a high crime? It’s a great thrill. It’s an honor. It’s a compliment. It’s fun. I’m enjoying every minute of it!
ABBIE HOFFMANRandom political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
ABBIE HOFFMANAction is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
ABBIE HOFFMANExpedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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 HOFFMANFantasy is the only truth.
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 HOFFMANBecome 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 HOFFMANSmoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
ABBIE HOFFMANPeace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there’s peace. Well, I ain’t for that peace at all.
ABBIE HOFFMANNever impose your language on people you wish to reach.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.
ABBIE HOFFMANThe ’60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.
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