Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffmanwas an American political and social activist and anarchist who co-founded the Youth International Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth30 November 1936
CityWorcester, MA
CountryUnited States of America
people wish language
Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
nostalgia individual form
Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
dirty kids four
The work that the kids saw around them was so odious, so boring, so worthless that they came to regard WORK as the only dirty four-letter word in the English language.
reality morality action
Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
inspirational-life support way
The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
real kids dope
In 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!
fighting winning thinking
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.
rocks political politics
Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
mean ideas bullshit
..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.
funny dope political
Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
important details
Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
law justice contemporary
Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
college race two
Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.
media ideas lists
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.