People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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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 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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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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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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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 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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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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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.
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A revolution is a class struggle.
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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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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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