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 HAMPTONYou don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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I don”t know if I like communism, and I don”t know if I like socialism. But I know that the Breakfast for Children Program feeds my kids. And if you put your hands on that Breakfast for Children Program.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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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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The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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