We’re not metaphysicians, we’re not idealists, we’re dialectical materialists. And we deal with what reality is, whether we like it or not.
FRED HAMPTONPeople have to be armed to have power, you see.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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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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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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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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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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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 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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We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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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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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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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’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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