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People have to be armed to have power, you see.

Fred 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.
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Flow Gun Politics Power
Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
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Die Live People Struggle
You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
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Civil Jail Revolution
If you ever think about me, and you ain’t gonna do no revolutionary act, forget about me. I don’t want myself on your mind if you’re not going to work for the people.
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Act Forget Mind Myself People Revolution Thinking Want Work
I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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Afraid Courage Pig War
Power anywhere where there’s people!
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One Liner People Power
The people that we’re asking for peace, they’re a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers and they don’t even understand what peace means.
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Bunch Peace People Understand
Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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Facism Important Stop
We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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Adventure Opportunity People Support
Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
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Afraid People Social Yourself
The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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People Power See
We don’t need no culture except revolutionary culture. What we mean by that is a culture that will free you.
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Culture Exception Freedom Need Revolution
I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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Afraid Courage Pig War
Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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Fight Peace Willing
You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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Deep Dry Hope Inspirational Water Well
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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Alright People Racism Togetherness
Don’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
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Beat.Going Black Fassicm Party Worry
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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Black Lives Matter Fascism Fight Fire Inspirational Racism Water
Black people need some peace, white people need some peace, and we’re gonna have to fight, we’re gonna have to struggle, we’re gonna have to struggle relentlessly to bring about some peace.
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Black Lives Matter Fight Peace People Struggle White
You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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Build Education Revolution
People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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People Power See
We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
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Mind Revolution Work
You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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Government Kill Revolution
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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Learning Mistake Practice Start
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.
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Breakfast Change Charity Children People Program Revolution
I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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Die Ice One Liner Slip
With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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Education Learning

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