You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
FRED HAMPTONYou have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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.
FRED HAMPTONWe’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.
FRED HAMPTONChanging your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
FRED HAMPTONDon’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
FRED HAMPTONA lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
FRED HAMPTONWe’re not metaphysicians, we’re not idealists, we’re dialectical materialists. And we deal with what reality is, whether we like it or not.
FRED HAMPTONA revolution is a class struggle.
FRED HAMPTONWe have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
FRED HAMPTONWe know that political power doesn’t flow from the sleeve of a dashiki. We know that political power flows from the barrel of a gun.
FRED HAMPTONI believe I’m going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I’m going to die high off the people. I believe I’m going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle.
FRED HAMPTONIn plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTONIn plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTONYou don’t fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity. We’re not gonna fight capitalism with Black capitalism. We’re gonna fight capitalism with socialism. Socialism is the people. If you’re afraid of socialism, you’re afraid of yourself.
FRED HAMPTONI’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
FRED HAMPTONWe understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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