86 Quotes by Abbie Hoffman

Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.

In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you’re selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!

Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there’s peace. Well, I ain’t for that peace at all.

I learned one thing; you never do anything for fame or money. You only do things ’cause they’re fun or good. If you can combine the two at the same time, you can make a contribution to the world and have a lot of happiness.

It’s going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People’s Park, all rolled into one.

When I appear in the Chicago courtroom, I want to be tried not because I support the NLF – which I do – but because I have long hair.

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!

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.

We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.