18 Fred Hampton Quotes for You to Enjoy

Fred Hampton

American Activist

Born: Aug 30, 1948

Died: Dec 4, 1969

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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

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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. Fred Hampton

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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. Fred Hampton

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We say primarily that the priority of this struggle is class. That Marx and Lenin and Che Guevara and Mao Tse-Tung, and anybody else who ever said or knew or practiced anything about revolution, always said that a revolution is a class struggle. Fred Hampton

The Black Panther Party stood up and said that we don't care what anybody says. We don't think fighting fire with fire is best; we think you fight fire with water best. Fred Hampton

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People have to be armed to have power, you see. Fred Hampton

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We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic. Fred Hampton

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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. Fred Hampton

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We might not be back. I might be in jail. I might be anywhere. But when I leave, you'll remember I said, with the last words on my lips, that I am a revolutionary. And you're going to have to keep on saying that. You're going to have to say that I am a proletariat; I am the people. Fred Hampton

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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. Fred Hampton

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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

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Yes, we do defend our office as we do defend our homes. This is a constitutional right everybody has, and nothing's funny about that. The only reason they get mad at the Black Panther Party when you do it is for the simple reason that we're political. Fred Hampton

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You can jail a revolutionary, but you can't jail the revolution. Fred Hampton

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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. Fred Hampton

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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. Fred Hampton

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We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind. Fred Hampton

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