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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.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton 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.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton I believe I’m going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I’m going to die high off the people. I believe I’m going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism
Fred HamptonFred Hampton 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 HamptonFred Hampton 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.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton Power anywhere where there’s people!
Fred HamptonFred Hampton We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
Fred HamptonFred Hampton If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton
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MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
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We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it.
Ray KrocRay Kroc My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
Louisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
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Johnny CashJohnny Cash It’s good to believe in yourself, but there are people out there who can make or break you.
Johnny CashJohnny Cash Do you know what happens with people who cannot govern themselves? That’s right. Others come in to govern for them.
Cormac McCarthyCormac McCarthy A lot of people didn’t get to see Butler’s skills throughout the course of the season.
Tom BradyTom Brady The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never escape from it.
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