In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTONWe 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.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the 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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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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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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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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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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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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We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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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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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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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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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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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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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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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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