Abbie Hoffman

Activist

1936-11-30 – 1989-04-12

Abbot Howard Hoffman was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement.

Quotes by Abbie Hoffman

There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
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A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
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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.
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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.
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Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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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.
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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.
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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
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Action is the only reality, not only reality but morality as well.
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Sacred cows make the best hamburger.
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The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
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I was probably the only revolutionary ever referred to as cute.
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