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The Trial of the Chicago 7 Quotes

“Judge Julius Hoffman: What were you doing until 1960?

Abbie: Nothing. I believe it's called an American education.”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Education, Diss, American
“We carried certain ideas across state lines. Not machine guns or drugs or little girls. Ideas. When we crossed from New York to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Ohio to Illinois, we had certain ideas. And for that, we were gassed, beaten, arrested, and put on trial.”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Ideas, Trial
“Abbie Hoffman: In 1861, Lincoln said in his inaugural address: 'When the people shall grow weary of their constitutional right to amend their government, they shall exert their revolutionary right to dismember and overthrow that government.' And if Lincoln had given that speech in Lincoln Park last summer, he'd be put on trial with the rest of us.

William Kunstler: So, how do you overthrow or dismember, as you say, your government peacefully?

Abbie Hoffman: In this country, we do it every four years.”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Dismember, Election, Democracy, lincoln
“Richard Schultz: Do you have contempt for your government?

Abbie Hoffman: I think the institutions of our democracy are wonderful things, that right now are populated by some terrible people.”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: contempt, Government, horrible, Democracy
“That's right, we're not goin' to jail because of what we did, we're goin' to jail because of who we are!”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Jail, Identity
“Tom Hayden: What is that?

Rennie Davis: I've been keeping a list every day. Americans who've been killed since the day we were arrested.

Tom Hayden: Why?

Rennie Davis: With the trial starting, it might get easy to forget who this is about.”
— Rennie Davis, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: List, Americans, Trial
“Reporter: How much is it worth to you? What's your price?

Abbie Hoffman: To call off the revolution?

Reporter: What's your price?

Abbie Hoffman: My life.”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Life, Revolution, Price
“William Kunstler: Of course, because you took that black guy and you made him a sympathetic character.

Judge Julius Hoffman: Mr. Kunstler, I have lived a a very long time, sir, and you're the first person ever to suggest that I have discriminated against a black man!

Leonard Weinglass: Then let the record show that I am the second.”
— Leonard Weinglass, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: discrimination, character, record
“Are we using the trial to defend ourselves against very serious charges that could land us in prison for ten years, or to say a pointless 'fuck you' to the establishment?”
— Tom Hayden, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Trial, charges, Establishment
“Abbie Hoffman: Winning elections, that's the first thing on your wish list? Equality, justice, education, poverty and progress, they're second?

Tom Hayden: If you don't win elections, it doesn't matter what's second. And it is astonishing to me that someone still has to explain that to you.”
— Tom Hayden, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: elections, Equality, Progress
“We've dealt with jury tampering, wiretapping, a defendant that was literally gagged, and a judge who's been handing down rulings from the bench that would be considered wrong in Honduras, so I'm a little less interested in the law than I was when this trial began.”
— William Kunstler, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Jury, Tamper, Trial
“Let us make sure that if blood is going to flow, let it flow all over this city.”
— Tom Hayden, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Blood, City
“On top of everything, we're giving them what they want: a stage and an audience.”
— Richard Schultz, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: stage, audience
“It's almost hard to believe the seven of us weren't able to end a war.”
— Lee Weiner, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Believe, War
“Give me a moment, would you, friend? I've never been on trial for my thoughts before.”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: moment, Friend, Trial, Thoughts
“This is a political trial that was already decided for us. Ignoring that reality is just weird to me.”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: political, Trial, Reality
“Abbie Hoffman: You think we were responsible?

Richard Schultz: I think you got the result you were looking for.

Abbie Hoffman: So did Nixon.

Richard Schultz: How about that.”
— Richard Schultz, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Result, Nixon, responsible
“Abbie Hoffman: I don't carry money, do you?

David Dellinger: I do. I'm a grown man.”
— David Dellinger, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Money, Grown Man, adult
“Judge Julius Hoffman: And the record should reflect, that defendant Hoffman and I are not related.

Abbie Hoffman: Father, no!

Judge Julius Hoffman: Mr. Hoffman, are you familiar with contempt of court?

Abbie Hoffman: It's practically a religion for me, sir.”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Sarcasm, Court, Defendant
“This is the Academy Awards of protests and as far as I'm concerned it's an honor just to be nominated.”
— Lee Weiner, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: protest, Academy Awards, Honor, Extended Metaphor Example
“We're not going to storm the convention with tanks or mace, but we are going to storm the hearts and minds of the American people.”
— David Dellinger, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: convention, heart, Mind, Storm
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