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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.

Fred Hampton

We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
FRED HAMPTON

Learning Mistake Practice Start
A revolution is a class struggle.
FRED HAMPTON

Class Revolution Struggle
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Against Attack Distinction Panther People Pig World
I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
FRED HAMPTON

Afraid Courage Pig War
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Black Lives Matter Fascism Fight Fire Inspirational Racism Water
Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
FRED HAMPTON

Afraid People Social Yourself
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Black Lives Matter Fight Peace People Struggle White
You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
FRED HAMPTON

Dare Pay Peace People Price Struggle Understand Win
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Act Forget Mind Myself People Revolution Thinking Want Work
We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
FRED HAMPTON

Mind Revolution Work
I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
FRED HAMPTON

Die Ice One Liner Slip
You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
FRED HAMPTON

Government Kill Revolution
We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
FRED HAMPTON

Blood Politics Understand
With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
FRED HAMPTON

Education Learning
A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
FRED HAMPTON

Country People Radical Relationship Understand
You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.
FRED HAMPTON

Jail Kill Liberty Revolution

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’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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