We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
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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I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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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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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 understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
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We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
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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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I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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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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The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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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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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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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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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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