Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
FRED HAMPTONNothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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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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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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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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A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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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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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.
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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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