We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
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
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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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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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A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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Black people need some peace, white people need some peace, and we’re gonna have to fight, we’re gonna have to struggle, we’re gonna have to struggle relentlessly to bring about some peace.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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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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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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A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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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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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’t build a revolution with no education.
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
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