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Huey Newton

American Activist

Born: Feb 17, 1942

Died: Aug 22, 1989

Been Black First Gun People You

Related authors: Angela Davis Cesar Chavez Gloria Steinem Harriet Tubman Malcolm X Noam Chomsky Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution. Huey Newton

Revolution Young Always Been Hands Inherit

Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment. Huey Newton

People Unarmed Given Subject Any Any Given Moment Moment Slavery Slaves

You can tell the tree by the fruit it bears. You see it through what the organization is delivering as far as a concrete program. If the tree's fruit sours or grows brackish, then the time has come to chop it down - bury it and walk over it and plant new seeds. Huey Newton

Time You Fruit Walk Organization Plant Down Tree Tell See Seeds Bears Through Delivering Over New Over It Come Concrete As Far As Bury Far Then Chop Grows Program

We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism. Huey Newton

Capitalism Fight Racism Destroy Evils Must Both Two

The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism. Huey Newton

Racism Gun Soldiers Secure Only Policemen Make His Hand Establishments

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images. Huey Newton

Positive Black White Male Expect Create Media Images

We've never advocated violence; violence is inflicted upon us. But we do believe in self-defense for ourselves and for black people. Huey Newton

People Black Self-Defense Believe Ourselves Never Inflicted Us Violence

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny. Huey Newton

People Black Giving Power Destiny Determine Had Who

If you stop struggling, then you stop life. Huey Newton

Life You Struggling Stop Then

The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people. Huey Newton

People Walls Down Guards Guns Never Idea Encircle Hold Bars

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people. Huey Newton

Love Great Hate People Think Other Great Love Motivates

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. Huey Newton

Death Fear Without Itself Meaning

I didn't get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system. Huey Newton

Learning School Mind Programming Other Other Kids Kids Locked System School System Concentrate Like Trained Get Did Cluttered

Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up. Huey Newton

You Sometimes Gun Pick Up Get Want Rid

There will be no prison which can hold our movement down. Huey Newton

Will Prison Down Our Movement Hold Which

I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness. Huey Newton

Life Time My Life Before Community Defeat Trial More Could Higher Higher Level No Time Step Executed Escape Expect Expected Did Die Being Mean Chamber Level Consciousness Gas Necessarily Bring

No one can say, 'I have dropped out - I am no longer in the system.' When you're in prison, you're even closer to the system: you feel it more, and you might be in there for whatever reason. You don't transform the system as an absolute thing. Huey Newton

You Prison Whatever Say System Out More Absolute No-One Dropped Feel Longer Am Closer Transform Might Reason Even Thing

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