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.
FRED HAMPTONWe’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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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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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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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 can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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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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