We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
FRED HAMPTONWe said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
FRED HAMPTONNothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
FRED HAMPTONLet me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
FRED HAMPTONI’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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 HAMPTONThe people that we’re asking for peace, they’re a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers and they don’t even understand what peace means.
FRED HAMPTONA lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
FRED HAMPTONI believe I’m going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I’m going to die high off the people. I believe I’m going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle.
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 HAMPTONEverything would be alright if everything was put back in the hands of the people, and we’re going to have to put it back in the hands of the people.
FRED HAMPTONIn plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTONWhy don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
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 HAMPTONWe’ve got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don’t fight racism with racism. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.
FRED HAMPTONYou have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
FRED HAMPTONWe’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.
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