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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

With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
FRED HAMPTON

Education Learning
Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
FRED HAMPTON

Fascism Important Stop
You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
FRED HAMPTON

Deep Dry Hope Inspirational Water Well
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 HAMPTON

Knee Learning Listen People Prison
I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
FRED HAMPTON

Afraid Courage Pig War
We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
FRED HAMPTON

Mind Revolution Work
A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
FRED HAMPTON

Country People Radical Relationship Understand
People have to be armed to have power, you see.
FRED HAMPTON

People Power See
If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
FRED HAMPTON

Help Life Walk
You can’t build a revolution with no education.
FRED HAMPTON

Build Education Revolution
You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
FRED HAMPTON

Government Kill Revolution
You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
FRED HAMPTON

Civil Jail Revolution
We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
FRED HAMPTON

Learning Mistake Practice Start
I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
FRED HAMPTON

Die Ice One Liner Slip
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Capital Excuse Organization Racism Understand
They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
FRED HAMPTON

Buy Candy Eat Sarcastic Throw Wrapper
A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
FRED HAMPTON

Country People Radical Relationship Understand
The people that we’re asking for peace, they’re a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers and they don’t even understand what peace means.
FRED HAMPTON

Bunch Peace People Understand
We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
FRED HAMPTON

Coward Panther Pig Shoot Threat
We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
FRED HAMPTON

Adventure Opportunity People Support
Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
FRED HAMPTON

Afraid People Social Yourself
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Flow Gun Politics Power
If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don’t deserve to win.
FRED HAMPTON

Dare Deserve Inspirational Struggle Win
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Face Fight Fire People Racism Solidarity
I believe I’m going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I’m going to die high off the people. I believe I’m going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle.
FRED HAMPTON

Believe Born Die Fascism International People Revolution Struggle
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Black Lives Matter Fight Peace People Struggle White
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Breakfast Change Charity Children People Program Revolution

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