Abbie Hoffman: Nation

Abbie Hoffman was American political and social activist. Explore interesting quotes on nation.

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“One tries not to be cynical; after all, they are jumping around on the fuckin moon and no matter what you think of PIG NATION, you have to admit that it dies have a good special effects department.”

Abbie Hoffman book Woodstock Nation

Moonshine
Woodstock Nation (1969)

Thinking

“For six years, the only consistent thing about our national drug policy has been its inconsistency. Harsher penalties, urine testing, hysteria, budget cuts and the simplistic "Just Say No!' campaign (the equivalent of telling manic depressives to "just cheer up") have returned drug education and treatment to the Reefer Madness era.”

Abbie Hoffman

"Reefer Madness" in The Nation (21 November 1987) http://www.marijuanalibrary.org/Nation_Hoffman_112187.html.

Education , Penalty , Madness

“WOODSTOCK NATION is built on ELECTRICITY. It is our energy, music, politics, school, religion, play, battleground and our sensuality. I hesitate only in using the word Morality, for Morality means soul and ELECTRICITY lack soul but so too does the wood pen I scratch against the yellow pad. Morality rests in God's imagination and if we see ourselves as gods I guess we alone make those choices. Moral decisions never rest in our tools, be they electricity or pencils, flowers, or guns.”

Abbie Hoffman book Woodstock Nation

Woodstock Nation (1969)

God , School , Religion , Music

“In Woodstock Nation there are no writers—only poet-warriors.”

Abbie Hoffman book Woodstock Nation

Landing a Man on the Earth Without the Help of Norman Mailer
Woodstock Nation (1969)