American - Activist | August 30, 1948 - December 4, 1969
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
RacismFightSocialismCapitalism
You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution.
RevolutionYouNeverRevolutionary
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.
RacismOrganizationCapitalismKnow
We ain't gonna fight no reactionary pigs who run up and down the street being reactionary; we're gonna organize and dedicate ourselves to revolutionary political power and teach ourselves the specific needs of resisting the power structure, arm ourselves, and we're gonna fight reactionary pigs with international proletarian revolution.
PowerFightRevolutionPoliticalRun
Black people need some peace. White people need some peace. And we are going to have to fight. We're going to have to struggle. We're going to have to struggle relentlessly to bring about some peace, because the people that we're asking for peace, they are a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers, and they don't even understand what peace means.
StrugglePeaceFightPeopleBlack
You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
StrugglePeacePeopleWinYouPrice
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.
StrugglePeopleBelieveDieDoing
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.
PeopleHandsBackEverythingGoing
With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism, like you've got in Africa now and like you've got in Haiti. So what we're talking about is there has to be an educational program. That's very important.
EducationTalkingYouImportantNow
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.
I AmPeopleWorldStand UpStand
You can jail a revolutionary, but you can't jail the revolution.
RevolutionYouJailRevolutionary
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.
WorkMyselfPeopleMindMeThink
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