If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
FRED HAMPTONThe people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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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 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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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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A revolution is a class struggle.
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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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Power anywhere where there’s people!
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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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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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Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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