People have to be armed to have power, you see.
FRED HAMPTONWe’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.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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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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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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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 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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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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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’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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You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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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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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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