In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTONWe say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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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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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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Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
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Don’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
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We’re not a racist organization, because we understand that racism is an excuse used for capitalism, and we know that racism is just – it’s a byproduct of capitalism.
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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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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 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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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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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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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.
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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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