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.
FRED HAMPTONYou can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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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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Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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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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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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I went down to the prison in Menard, thinking we were the vanguard, but down there, I got down on my knees and listened and learned from the people.
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Black people need some peace, white people need some peace, and we’re gonna have to fight, we’re gonna have to struggle, we’re gonna have to struggle relentlessly to bring about some peace.
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A revolution is a class struggle.
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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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.
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