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 believe that we should not have a single homeless person in the richest country in the world. And I believe that we should not have a C.I.A. that goes around overwhelming governments and assassinating political leaders, working for tight oligarchies around the world to protect the tight oligarchy here at home.
Abbie HoffmanHep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
Abbie HoffmanI 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 by fighting the powers that be is always, throughout history, the only decision.
Abbie HoffmanLife-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
Abbie HoffmanThe key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
Abbie Hoffman