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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.

Fred Hampton

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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Face Fight Fire People Racism Solidarity
The people that we’re asking for peace, they’re a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers and they don’t even understand what peace means.
FRED HAMPTON

Bunch Peace People Understand
A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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Country People Radical Relationship Understand
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Knee Learning Listen People Prison
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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Hand People
A revolution is a class struggle.
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Class Revolution Struggle
You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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Government Kill Revolution
We don’t need no culture except revolutionary culture. What we mean by that is a culture that will free you.
FRED HAMPTON

Culture Exception Freedom Need Revolution
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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Existence Fascisn Non Violence Question Resistance Violence
You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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Build Education Revolution
Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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Arrangement Black Lives Matter Change Name
We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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Blood Politics Understand
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Black Lives Matter Fight Peace People Struggle White
Don’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
FRED HAMPTON

Beat.Going Black Fassicm Party Worry
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Alright People Racism Togetherness
You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.
FRED HAMPTON

Jail Kill Liberty Revolution
If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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Dare Motivational One Liner Struggle Win
You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
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Civil Jail Revolution
People have to be armed to have power, you see.
FRED HAMPTON

People Power See
Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
FRED HAMPTON

Fascism Important Stop
I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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Afraid Courage Pig War
In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTON

Langyage Racism
If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don’t deserve to win.
FRED HAMPTON

Dare Deserve Inspirational Struggle Win
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
FRED HAMPTON

Black Lives Matter Capital Fight Racism Social Solidarity
You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
FRED HAMPTON

Deep Dry Hope Inspirational Water Well
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 HAMPTON

Flow Gun Politics Power
Power anywhere where there’s people!
FRED HAMPTON

One Liner People Power

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’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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