We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
FRED HAMPTONNothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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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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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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I am the people, I’m not the pig. You got to make a distinction. And the people are going to have to attack the pigs. The people are going to have to stand up against the pigs. That’s what the Panthers is doing, that’s what the Panthers are doing all over the world.
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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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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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Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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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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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 don’t need no culture except revolutionary culture. What we mean by that is a culture that will free you.
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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
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