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.
FRED HAMPTONI don”t know if I like communism, and I don”t know if I like socialism. But I know that the Breakfast for Children Program feeds my kids. And if you put your hands on that Breakfast for Children Program.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
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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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Everything 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.
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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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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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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don’t deserve to win.
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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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You don’t fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity. We’re not gonna fight capitalism with Black capitalism. We’re gonna fight capitalism with socialism. Socialism is the people. If you’re afraid of socialism, you’re afraid of yourself.
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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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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 can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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A revolution is a class struggle.
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