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 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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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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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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A revolution is a class struggle.
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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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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Power anywhere where there’s people!
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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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I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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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 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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You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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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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