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 HAMPTONYou have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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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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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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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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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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Power anywhere where there’s people!
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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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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You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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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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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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