If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don’t deserve to win.
FRED HAMPTONIf you dare to struggle, you dare to win. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don’t deserve to win.
FRED HAMPTONWith no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
FRED HAMPTONWe know that political power doesn’t flow from the sleeve of a dashiki. We know that political power flows from the barrel of a gun.
FRED HAMPTONWe said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
FRED HAMPTONI’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
FRED HAMPTONYou can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
FRED HAMPTONWe have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
FRED HAMPTONI don”t know if I like communism, and I don”t know if I like socialism. But I know that the Breakfast for Children Program feeds my kids. And if you put your hands on that Breakfast for Children Program.
FRED HAMPTONWe understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
FRED HAMPTONYou can’t build a revolution with no education.
FRED HAMPTONWe’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism
FRED HAMPTONSocialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
FRED HAMPTONThey talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
FRED HAMPTONWe do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
FRED HAMPTONA revolution is a class struggle.
FRED HAMPTONDon’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
FRED HAMPTON