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Fred Hampton

With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
FRED HAMPTON

Education Learning
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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Existence Fascisn Non Violence Question Resistance Violence
I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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Afraid Courage Pig War
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Deal Ideal Material Reality
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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Black Lives Matter Fight Peace People Struggle White
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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Breakfast Change Charity Children People Program Revolution
Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
FRED HAMPTON

Afraid People Social Yourself
A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
FRED HAMPTON

Country People Radical Relationship Understand
We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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Adventure Opportunity People Support
Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
FRED HAMPTON

Arrangement Black Lives Matter Change Name
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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Knee Learning Listen People Prison
A revolution is a class struggle.
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Class Revolution Struggle
I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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Die Ice One Liner Slip
In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTON

Langyage Racism
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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Flow Gun Politics Power
You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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Deep Dry Hope Inspirational Water Well

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