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.
FRED HAMPTONIn plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
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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 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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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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A revolution is a class struggle.
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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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I went down to the prison in Menard, thinking we were the vanguard, but down there, I got down on my knees and listened and learned from the people.
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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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I 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.
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I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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You 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.
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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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