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.
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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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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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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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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A revolution is a class struggle.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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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 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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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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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 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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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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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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I believe I’m going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I’m going to die high off the people. I believe I’m going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle.
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They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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Power anywhere where there’s people!
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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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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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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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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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Changing your name is not gonna change our set of arrangements.
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You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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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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