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.
FRED HAMPTONThey talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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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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We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
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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 say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
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Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
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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. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don’t deserve to win.
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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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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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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’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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We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
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Don’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
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