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
rocks political politics
Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
hippie political television
A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
funny dope political
Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
political abuse politics
Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
hippie political liberty
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
freedom giving political
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
important details
Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
numbers disease causes
Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
law justice contemporary
Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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.
fun honor want
Wouldn'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!
war what-if ifs
What if when they called a war, no one went?
cute rebellious revolutionary
I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.
people trials festivals
It's going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People's Park, all rolled into one.