In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTONThe people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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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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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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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Don’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
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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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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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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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A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
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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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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.
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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
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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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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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Everything would be alright if everything was put back in the hands of the people, and we’re going to have to put it back in the hands of the people.
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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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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.
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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Everything would be alright if everything was put back in the hands of the people, and we’re going to have to put it back in the hands of the people.
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