With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
FRED HAMPTONWe say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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Power anywhere where there’s people!
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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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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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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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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 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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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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A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
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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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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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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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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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