It is always the young that make the change. You don't get these ideas when you're middle-aged. Young people have daring, creativity, imagination and personal computers. Above all, what you have as young people that's vitally needed to make social change, is impatience. You want it to happen now. There have to be enough people that say, ‘We want it now, in our lifetime.’ This is your moment. This is your opportunity. Be adventurists in the sense of being bold and daring. Be opportunists and seize this opportunity, this moment in history, to go out and save our country. It's your turn now.
The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going. - Abbie Hoffman
The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.
- Abbie Hoffman
I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to try and change things… - Abbie Hoffman
I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to try and change things…
Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. - Abbie Hoffman
Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I … - Abbie Hoffman
You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I …
I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars. - Abbie Hoffman
I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger. - Abbie Hoffman
Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
It is always the young that make the change. You don't get these ideas when you're middle-aged. Young people have daring, creativity, imagination and… - Abbie Hoffman
It is always the young that make the change. You don't get these ideas when you're middle-aged. Young people have daring, creativity, imagination and…
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. - Abbie Hoffman
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.
Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps. A revolution in consciousness is … - Abbie Hoffman
Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps. A revolution in consciousness is …
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