I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.
FRED HAMPTON
You 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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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 do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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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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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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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 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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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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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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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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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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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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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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