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.
FRED HAMPTONWe 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 do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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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 understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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Power anywhere where there’s people!
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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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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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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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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 kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.
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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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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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Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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