In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTONIf 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.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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We say it’s no longer a question of violence or non-violence. We say it’s a question of resistance to fascism or non-existence within fascism.
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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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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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We’re not metaphysicians, we’re not idealists, we’re dialectical materialists. And we deal with what reality is, whether we like it or not.
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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 don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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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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We’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.
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The people have to have the power: it belongs to 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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You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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