I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
-
-
We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
FRED HAMPTON -
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.
FRED HAMPTON -
A revolution is a class struggle.
FRED HAMPTON -
Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
FRED HAMPTON -
You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
FRED HAMPTON -
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.
FRED HAMPTON -
I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
FRED HAMPTON -
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 HAMPTON -
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.
FRED HAMPTON -
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 HAMPTON -
The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
FRED HAMPTON -
People have to be armed to have power, you see.
FRED HAMPTON -
In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTON -
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 HAMPTON -
Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
FRED HAMPTON