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We’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

Fred Hampton

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
Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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Arrangement Black Lives Matter Change Name
A revolution is a class struggle.
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Class Revolution Struggle
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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Face Fight Fire People Racism Solidarity
They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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Buy Candy Eat Sarcastic Throw Wrapper
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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Dare Pay Peace People Price Struggle Understand Win
In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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Langyage Racism
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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Against Attack Distinction Panther People Pig World
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
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
You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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Build Education Revolution
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
A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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Country People Radical Relationship Understand
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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Capital Excuse Organization Racism Understand
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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Country Produce Respect Thinking
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

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