People have to be armed to have power, you see.
FRED HAMPTONYou can’t build a revolution with no education.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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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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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’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism
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We’ve got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don’t fight racism with racism. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.
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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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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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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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