Skip to content

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.

— Abbie Hoffman Revolution for the Hell of It (1968)

Another quote →

Topics

War

More quotes by Abbie Hoffman

A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980)

All you kiddies remember to lay off the needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.

You ask, "What about the innocent bystanders?" But we are in a time of revolution. If you are a bystander, you are not innocent.

Revolution for the Hell of It (1968)

You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.

The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.

Revolution for the Hell of It (1968)

All Abbie Hoffman quotes →

You may also like

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now.

Hunter S. Thompson

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

George Santayana Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922)

Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

Ulysses S. Grant Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885)

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Abbie Hoffman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.