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We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton People have to be armed to have power, you see.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton Power anywhere where there’s people!
Fred HamptonFred Hampton We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
Fred HamptonFred Hampton If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton 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.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton 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.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
Fred HamptonFred Hampton A revolution is a class struggle.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton You can’t build a revolution with no education.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton 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.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton
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Aimee MullinsAimee Mullins My splurge would be a pair of leather Christian Louboutin over-the-knee boots.
Adrienne BailonAdrienne Bailon Let’s get on our knees and pray. I don’t know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?
Adam SavageAdam Savage Conjure up all the strength you have and drive through whatever it is keeping you on your knees. Build up the strength and your knees may never buckle again!
Adam JohnsonAdam Johnson Sometimes in life, things happen that will knock you back. Hell, you may get beaten to your knees but you must never ALLOW this world to knock you down!
Adam JohnsonAdam Johnson He pressed a kiss to my ear. “Do you feel stretched? Can you tell I’ve been inside you?” I nodded, feeling my knees go a little weak from the tone in his voice. “Good. I like knowing you can feel where I’ve been.
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