I am the people, I’m not the pig. You got to make a distinction. And the people are going to have to attack the pigs. The people are going to have to stand up against the pigs. That’s what the Panthers is doing, that’s what the Panthers are doing all over the world.
FRED HAMPTONWe have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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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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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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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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We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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Don’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
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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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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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Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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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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You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.
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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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