Our position was: If you don’t attack us, there won’t be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves.
BOBBY SEALEThe 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.
More Bobby Seale Quotes
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You don’t fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.
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I think the American Dream should be about a greater progressive legislation that allows for what I call a necessary future world of cooperational humanism.
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A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.
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We don’t hate nobody because of their color. We hate oppression!
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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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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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I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers.
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My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte.
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The people have now come to realize that the only way to deal with the oppressor is to deal on our own terms and this was done.
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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.
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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’d have no trouble being the barbecue kingpin of America. I’d just add it to all the other things I am: jazz musician, carpenter, architect, engineer and revolutionary.
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The Black Panther party of Self-Defense is a revolutionary party.
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To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.
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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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