We’ve got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don’t fight racism with racism. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.
FRED HAMPTONWith no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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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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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
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
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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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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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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 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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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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I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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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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A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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