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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 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 SEALE

Oppression Ourselves People Realize Terms
A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.
BOBBY SEALE

Drawing Hands People Society Suffering
We were like heroes, to stand there and observe the police, and the police were scared to move upon us.
BOBBY SEALE

Move Observation Police Scare Stand
I always tried to raise money for the Black Panthers through business schemes.
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Business Money Myself Raise Try
You don’t fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.
BOBBY SEALE

Best Fight Racism Solidarity Way
The only solution to pollution is a people’s humane revolution!
BOBBY SEALE

Humanity People Pollution Revaolution Solution
There is an entire generation of young people who know nothing about how viciously the FBI attacked The Black Panther Party, and why.
BOBBY SEALE

Attack Generation People Young
The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists.
BOBBY SEALE

National Politics Revenge
My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte.
BOBBY SEALE

Design Dimension Father Master Myself
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 SEALE

Language Party People Talk Thinking Understand
The Black Panther party of Self-Defense is a revolutionary party.
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Defense Party Revolution
I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers.
BOBBY SEALE

Friendship Myself Police Quite
To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.
BOBBY SEALE

Capitalist Development Economics Need Yourself
I think the American Dream should be about a greater progressive legislation that allows for what I call a necessary future world of cooperational humanism.
BOBBY SEALE

Dreams Greatness Humanity Progressive Thinking
We don’t hate nobody because of their color. We hate oppression!
BOBBY SEALE

Color Hate Oppression
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.
BOBBY SEALE

Beyond Heart Person Police Wrong

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.

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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.

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