Don’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
FRED HAMPTONIn plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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We don’t need no culture except revolutionary culture. What we mean by that is a culture that will free you.
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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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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Black 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.
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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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Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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We say it’s no longer a question of violence or non-violence. We say it’s a question of resistance to fascism or non-existence within fascism.
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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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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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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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The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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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 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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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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