We 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 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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If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism
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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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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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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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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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The people that we’re asking for peace, they’re a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers and they don’t even understand what peace means.
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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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We’ve got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don’t fight racism with racism. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.
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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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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 don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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