People have to be armed to have power, you see.
FRED HAMPTONWe said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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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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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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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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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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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
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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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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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