Abbie Hoffman Quotes

Cut word lines — Cut music lines — Smash the control images — Smash the control machine — Burn the books — Kill the priests — Kill! Kill! Kill!

Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don't let them take you ALIVE.

If a rock band throws a TV set out of a hotel window, it's seen as anti-Establishment.

On one level the sixties revolt was an impressive illustration of Lenin's remark that the capitalist will sell you the rope to hang him with.

Revolution, not elections!

Part of the plot was a knock that V wanted to bring down the government and bring chaos. I don't know why I thought of Guy Fawkes, because it was during the summer. I thought that would be great if he looked like Guy Fawkes, kind of theatrical.

A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.

I was the only guy with any bit of anarchy left.

I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.

No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.

Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.

When anarchy is declared, the first thing we do, let's kill all the anarchists.

The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.

I'm going to gather all the French people who want change.

Dissidents can't be dissidents forever; we are dissidents because we don't want to be dissidents.

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul.

When I was fifteen, I used to run around reading 'Adbusters' and dumpster diving, trying to find ways to make the U.S. government unwind into chaos through hardcore punk and metal.

Ready for the revolution!

The revolution will stop at nothing. We have changed the nature of politics.

“Order prevails in Berlin!” You foolish lackeys! Your “order” is built on sand. Tomorrow the revolution will “rise up again, clashing its weapons,” and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!

I was tried here in this room for murder and I was convicted of Anarchy.... If the ruling classes think that by hanging us, hanging a few Anarchists, they can crush out Anarchy, they will be badly mistaken, because the Anarchist loves his principles more than his life. An Anarchist is always ready to die for his principles.

The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it.

A revolutionary should neither look nor act like one to get ahead in Canada.

The function of a progressive is to keep on protesting until things get so bad that a reactionary demands reform.