Fred Hampton quotes

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)
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. View quote
Fred Hampton
You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution. View quote
Fred Hampton
We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed. View quote
Fred Hampton
The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people. View quote
Fred Hampton
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. View quote
Fred Hampton
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. View quote
Fred Hampton
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. View quote
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People have to be armed to have power, you see. View quote
Fred Hampton
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 . . . View quote
Fred Hampton
You can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill revolution...you can jail a liberator but you can't jail liberation. (Fred Hampton)
You're gonna have to keep on saying that - I am the proletariat, I am the people. I am not the pig. You've got to make a distinction. View quote
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Why don't you live for the people. Why don't you struggle for the people. Why don't you die for the people. View quote
Fred Hampton
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. View quote
Fred Hampton
Let me just say: Peace to you, if you're willing to fight for it. View quote
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A lot of people don't understand the Black Panthers Party's relationship with white mother country radicals. View quote
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I'm not afraid to say I'm at war with the pigs. View quote
Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton

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Occupation: American Activist
Born: August 30, 1948
Died: December 4, 1969
Quotes count: 17

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