Bobby Seale on pollution
Bobby Seale28 quotes“The only solution to pollution is a people’s humane revolution!”
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But I think people, especially white people, have to come to understand that the language of the ghetto is a language of its own, and as the party – whose members for the most part come from the ghetto – seeks to talk to the people, it must speak the people’s language.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale We were not talking about the average white person: we was talking about the corporate money rich and the racist Live politicians and the lackeys, as we used to call them, for the government who perpetuate all this exploitation and racism.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale I still want my right to defend myself. A railroad operation, and you know it, from Nixon on down. they got you running around violating my constitutional rights.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale I’m still a political revolutionary. The fire never went out of me, but perceptions and realizations change.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale Fox News never calls up Bobby Seale to articulate a stance in opposition to right-wing conservatives. To me, giving the New Black Panthers a platform on Fox is a subtle tactic to scare people.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale I always tried to raise money for the Black Panthers through business schemes.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale There is an entire generation of young people who know nothing about how viciously the FBI attacked The Black Panther Party, and why.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we wanted to write a program that was straightforward to the people. We didn’t want to give a long dissertation.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale The people have now come to realize that the only way to deal with the oppressor is to deal on our own terms and this was done.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale You don’t fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale I am not a hoodlum. I’m a community organizer.
Bobby SealeBobby Seale There’s nothing wrong with being a cop. There’s nothing wrong with being a white person. It’s about where your heart is…We’ve got to get everyone beyond the xenophobic isolationism.
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