We’re not a racist organization, because we understand that racism is an excuse used for capitalism, and we know that racism is just – it’s a byproduct of capitalism.
FRED HAMPTONNothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
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If you ever think about me, and you ain’t gonna do no revolutionary act, forget about me. I don’t want myself on your mind if you’re not going to work for the people.
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We’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
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The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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We 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.
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You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
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A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
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I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.
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Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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A lot of people think the Breakfast for Children program is charity. But what does it do? It takes the people from a stage to another stage. Any program that’s revolutionary is an advancing program. Revolution is change.
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You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.
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