50+ Fred Hampton Quotes | Minimalist Quotes

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
Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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Fascism Important Stop
We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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Blood Politics Understand
We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.
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Adventure Opportunity People Support
We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
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Coward Panther Pig Shoot Threat
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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Face Fight Fire People Racism Solidarity
We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
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Coward Panther Pig Shoot Threat
The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
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People Power See
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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Knee Learning Listen People Prison
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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Believe Born Die Fascism International People Revolution Struggle
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
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Black Lives Matter Capital Fight Racism Social Solidarity
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.
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Flow Gun Politics Power
A lot of people think the Breakfast for Children program is charity. But what does it do? It takes the people from a stage to another stage. Any program that’s revolutionary is an advancing program. Revolution is change.
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Breakfast Change Charity Children People Program Revolution
We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
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Mind Revolution Work
We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
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Mind Revolution Work
With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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Education Learning
People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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People Power See
Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.
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Afraid People Social Yourself
Power anywhere where there’s people!
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One Liner People Power
We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.
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Learning Mistake Practice Start
Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
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Die Live People Struggle
If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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Dare Motivational One Liner Struggle Win
They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.
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Buy Candy Eat Sarcastic Throw Wrapper
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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Black Lives Matter Fight Peace People Struggle White
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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Existence Fascisn Non Violence Question Resistance Violence
If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life
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Help Life Walk
A revolution is a class struggle.
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Class Revolution Struggle

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