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

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

Abbie Hoffman quotes: Lay off the needle drugs. The only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.

Lay off the needle drugs. The only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.

My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburgers.

Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburgers.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: When 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.

When 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 quotes: Fantasy is the only truth.

Fantasy is the only truth.

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

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 quotes: It's embarrassing ... you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.

It's embarrassing ... you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.

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

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

Abbie Hoffman quotes: Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?

Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?

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

I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.

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

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

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

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

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

A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: Sacred Cows make the BEST Hamburger

Sacred Cows make the BEST Hamburger

Abbie Hoffman quotes: There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!

There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!

Abbie Hoffman quotes: The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that's about tenth or eleventh on their list.

The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that's about tenth or eleventh on their list.

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

Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.

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

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

Abbie Hoffman quotes: I 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.

I 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 Hoffman quotes: What if when they called a war, no one went?

What if when they called a war, no one went?

Abbie Hoffman quotes: The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.

The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.

Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.

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

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

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

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

Abbie Hoffman quotes: Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.

Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: I just want to do what has to be done so much. I'll never understand why everyone else doesn't feel this way.

I just want to do what has to be done so much. I'll never understand why everyone else doesn't feel this way.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: Life actors never rehearse and need no script. A life actor uses only what is available, nothing more, nothing less.

Life actors never rehearse and need no script. A life actor uses only what is available, nothing more, nothing less.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful.

It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more acommitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.

Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a
commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: If you don't have sex and you don't do drugs, your rock 'n' roll better be awfully good.

If you don't have sex and you don't do drugs, your rock 'n' roll better be awfully good.

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

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

Abbie Hoffman quotes: Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.

Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks.

Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks.

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

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

Abbie Hoffman quotes: Peace 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.

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

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

Abbie Hoffman quotes: It's going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People's Park, all rolled into one.

It's going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People's Park, all rolled into one.

Abbie Hoffman quotes: The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.

The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.

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

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