You can’t build a revolution with no education.
FRED HAMPTONWe’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.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
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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.
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The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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A revolution is a class struggle.
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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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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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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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You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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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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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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We’re not metaphysicians, we’re not idealists, we’re dialectical materialists. And we deal with what reality is, whether we like it or not.
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I don”t know if I like communism, and I don”t know if I like socialism. But I know that the Breakfast for Children Program feeds my kids. And if you put your hands on that Breakfast for Children Program.
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