Abbie Hoffman Quotes

"I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute."
-Abbie Hoffman

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

"Once you get the right image the details aren't that important."
-Abbie Hoffman

"A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station."
-Abbie Hoffman in Television quotes.

"The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it."
-Abbie Hoffman

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

"Stay away from needle drugs. Richard Nixon is the only dope worth shooting."
-Abbie Hoffman

"Democracy is not something that you believe in, or something that you hang your hat on. It's something that you do, you participate. Without participation, democracy crumbles and fails. If you participate, you win, and the future is yours."
-Abbie Hoffman

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

"Its embarrassing, you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on a Best Sellers List."
-Abbie Hoffman