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
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.
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.
anger keys people
The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
life war robots
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.
men speaks-out dignity
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
way revolution educate
The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
sex dope rock-and-roll
The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.
powerful winning too-late
It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful.
change hippie liberty
Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.
advice cows sacred
Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
freedom mean technology
Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
firsts breakfast duty
The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.
nostalgia individual form
Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
brother sister-in-law pigs
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.