They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
FRED HAMPTON
FRED HAMPTON
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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.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton 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.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton 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.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton 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
Fred HamptonFred 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 HamptonFred Hampton A lot of people think the Breakfast for Children program is charity. But what does it do? It takes the people from a stage to another stage. Any program that’s revolutionary is an advancing program. Revolution is change.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton People have to be armed to have power, you see.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton Power anywhere where there’s people!
Fred HamptonFred Hampton We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
Fred HamptonFred 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 HamptonFred Hampton If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton