Quote: Abbie Hoffman

"IN THE NINETEEN SIXTIES, APARTHEID WAS DRIVEN OUT OF AMERICA. LEGAL SEGREGATION— JIM CROW — ENDED. WE DIDN'T END RACISM, BUT WE ENDED LEGAL SEGREGATION. WE ENDED THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN SEND A MILLION SOLDIERS TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY TO FIGHT IN A WAR THAT PEOPLE DO NOT SUPPORT. WE ENDED THE IDEA THAT WOMEN ARE SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS. NOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO SITS IN THE OVAL OFFICE. EVEN GEORGE BUSH HAS TO TALK ABOUT CHILD CARE, THE ENVIRONMENT–GREAT JOB THEY'RE DOING IN ALASKA — EXXON. BUT THE BIG BATTLES THAT WERE WON IN THAT PERIOD OF CIVIL WAR AND STRIFE YOU CANNOT REVERSE . WE WERE YOUNG, WE WERE RECKLESS, ARROGANT, SILLY, HEADSTRONG — AND WE WERE RIGHT. I REGRET NOTHING.''

Abbie Hoffman
Vanderbilt University
April, 1989

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