I am the people, I’m not the pig. You got to make a distinction. And the people are going to have to attack the pigs. The people are going to have to stand up against the pigs. That’s what the Panthers is doing, that’s what the Panthers are doing all over the world.
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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If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
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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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Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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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 have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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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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Power anywhere where there’s people!
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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 can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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A lot of people think the Breakfast for Children program is charity. But what does it do? It takes the people from a stage to another stage. Any program that’s revolutionary is an advancing program. Revolution is change.
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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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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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A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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