Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and died for.
BOBBY SEALETo develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.
More Bobby Seale Quotes
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The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists.
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We’re hip to the fact that Superman never saved no black people. You got that?
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The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we wanted to write a program that was straightforward to the people. We didn’t want to give a long dissertation.
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There’s nothing wrong with being a cop. There’s nothing wrong with being a white person. It’s about where your heart is…We’ve got to get everyone beyond the xenophobic isolationism.
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We were like heroes, to stand there and observe the police, and the police were scared to move upon us.
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I am not a hoodlum. I’m a community organizer.
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Fox News never calls up Bobby Seale to articulate a stance in opposition to right-wing conservatives. To me, giving the New Black Panthers a platform on Fox is a subtle tactic to scare people.
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We don’t hate nobody because of their color. We hate oppression!
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The Black Panther party of Self-Defense is a revolutionary party.
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I still want my right to defend myself. A railroad operation, and you know it, from Nixon on down. they got you running around violating my constitutional rights.
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I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers.
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I’m still a political revolutionary. The fire never went out of me, but perceptions and realizations change.
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You don’t fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.
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There is an entire generation of young people who know nothing about how viciously the FBI attacked The Black Panther Party, and why.
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Money is the medium of exchange, and it’s how you make things happen. To say you hate it is some farfetched, idealistic crap.
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