We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
FRED HAMPTONYou 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.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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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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We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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Don’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
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The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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