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.
FRED HAMPTONI 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.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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