We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
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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Power anywhere where there’s people!
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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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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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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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I don”t know if I like communism, and I don”t know if I like socialism. But I know that the Breakfast for Children Program feeds my kids. And if you put your hands on that Breakfast for Children Program.
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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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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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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 revolution is a class struggle.
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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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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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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’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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