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 HAMPTONWith no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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We don’t need no culture except revolutionary culture. What we mean by that is a culture that will free you.
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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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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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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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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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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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