The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
FRED HAMPTONWe have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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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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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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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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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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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 walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
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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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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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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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We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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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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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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