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
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.
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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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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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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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Don’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
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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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We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
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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 understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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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 do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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A revolution is a class struggle.
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You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.
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Power anywhere where there’s people!
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