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 More Quotes by Fred Hampton More Quotes From Fred Hampton 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. Fred Hampton myselfmeyouwork 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 wordsi-amyoupeople You can jail a revolutionary, but you can't jail the revolution. Fred Hampton youjailrevolutionrevolutionary We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind. Fred Hampton willrevolutionmindwork You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. Fred Hampton youstrugglepeacepeople 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 understandknowcapitalismracism You can't build a revolution with no education. Jomo Kenyatta did this in Africa, and because the people were not educated, he became as much an oppressor as the people he overthrew. Fred Hampton yourevolutioneducationpeople 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 fightblackpeacepeople People have to be armed to have power, you see. Fred Hampton seeyoupowerpeople We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic. Fred Hampton whosupportpeople 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 sayalwaysrevolutionstruggle You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution. Fred Hampton neveryourevolutionrevolutionary I'm not afraid to say I'm at war with the pigs. Fred Hampton afraidsaypigswar 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 bestyoufirewater 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 downprisonpeoplethinking I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced. Fred Hampton kingthinkrespectcountry 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 changechildrenpeoplebreakfast 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 youimportanteducationtalking
