86 Quotes by Abbie Hoffman

I've had some good times, had some bad. Took some lumps. Scored some points. Half-way through life, at 43, I still say, 'go for broke.' No government, no FBI, no judge, no jailer is ever gonna make me say 'uncle.' Now, as then, let the game continue. I bet my stake on freedom's call; I'll play these cards with no regrets.

Avoid all needle drugs — the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.

Lay off the needle drugs. The only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.

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

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.

The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.

Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.

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

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.