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.
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 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 HAMPTONNothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
FRED HAMPTONYou can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.
FRED HAMPTONYou can’t build a revolution with no education.
FRED HAMPTONWhy don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
FRED HAMPTONLet me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
FRED HAMPTONChanging your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
FRED HAMPTONThe people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
FRED HAMPTONBlack people need some peace, white people need some peace, and we’re gonna have to fight, we’re gonna have to struggle, we’re gonna have to struggle relentlessly to bring about some peace.
FRED HAMPTONThey talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
FRED HAMPTONPeople have to be armed to have power, you see.
FRED HAMPTONWe say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
FRED HAMPTONWe do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
FRED HAMPTONPower anywhere where there’s people!
FRED HAMPTONWe don’t need no culture except revolutionary culture. What we mean by that is a culture that will free you.
FRED HAMPTON