We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism
FRED HAMPTONEverything 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.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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We’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.
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We’re not a racist organization, because we understand that racism is an excuse used for capitalism, and we know that racism is just – it’s a byproduct of capitalism.
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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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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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If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
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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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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don’t deserve to win.
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You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
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Power anywhere where there’s people!
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I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.
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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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