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.
FRED HAMPTONIf you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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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 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 say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
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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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The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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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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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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I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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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 do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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I believe I’m going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I’m going to die high off the people. I believe I’m going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle.
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A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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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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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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