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We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.

Fred Hampton

The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
FRED HAMPTON

People Power See
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 HAMPTON

Hand People
In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTON

Langyage Racism
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
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 HAMPTON

Alright People Racism Togetherness
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
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
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 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
Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
FRED HAMPTON

Afraid People Social Yourself
In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
FRED HAMPTON

Langyage Racism
They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
FRED HAMPTON

Buy Candy Eat Sarcastic Throw Wrapper
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 HAMPTON

Black Lives Matter Capital Fight Racism Social Solidarity
We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
FRED HAMPTON

Blood Politics Understand
People have to be armed to have power, you see.
FRED HAMPTON

People Power See
We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
FRED HAMPTON

Coward Panther Pig Shoot Threat
You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
FRED HAMPTON

Deep Dry Hope Inspirational Water Well
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
I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
FRED HAMPTON

Afraid Courage Pig War
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

Face Fight Fire People Racism Solidarity
Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
FRED HAMPTON

Facism Important Stop
Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
FRED HAMPTON

Fight Peace Willing
You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
FRED HAMPTON

Civil Jail Revolution
Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
FRED HAMPTON

Die Live People Struggle
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Flow Gun Politics Power
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.
FRED HAMPTON

Breakfast Children Community Hand Kids Program Social
I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.
FRED HAMPTON

Country Produce Respect Thinking

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