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 HAMPTONWe’re not metaphysicians, we’re not idealists, we’re dialectical materialists. And we deal with what reality is, whether we like it or not.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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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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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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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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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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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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You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
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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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You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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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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We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
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We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
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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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