The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists.
BOBBY SEALEWe were not talking about the average white person: we was talking about the corporate money rich and the racist Live politicians and the lackeys, as we used to call them, for the government who perpetuate all this exploitation and racism.
More Bobby Seale Quotes
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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 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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We were not talking about the average white person: we was talking about the corporate money rich and the racist Live politicians and the lackeys, as we used to call them, for the government who perpetuate all this exploitation and racism.
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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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We don’t hate nobody because of their color. We hate oppression!
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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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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.
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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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I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers.
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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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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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You don’t fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.
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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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To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.
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