People have to be armed to have power, you see.
FRED HAMPTONWe’ve got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don’t fight racism with racism. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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We’re not metaphysicians, we’re not idealists, we’re dialectical materialists. And we deal with what reality is, whether we like it or not.
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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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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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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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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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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 cannot kill a revolution.
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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
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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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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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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 said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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We don’t need no culture except revolutionary culture. What we mean by that is a culture that will free you.
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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 can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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