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 HAMPTONThey talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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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 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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A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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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 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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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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If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
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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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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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A revolution is a class struggle.
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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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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’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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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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