I read Plato's 'Republic.' I read it through about five times until I could actually understand it. Huey Newton More Quotes by Huey Newton More Quotes From Huey Newton The racist dog policemen must withdraw immediately from our communities, cease their wanton murder and brutality and torture of black people, or face the wrath of the armed people. Huey Newton wrath dog people During those long years in Oakland public schools, I did not have one teacher who taught me anything relevant to my own life or experience. Not one instructor ever awoke in me a desire to learn more or to question or to explore the worlds of literature, science, and history. All they did was try to rob me of the sense of my own uniqueness and worth, and in the process nearly killed my urge to inquire. Huey Newton teacher years school IQ tests are routinely used as weapons against Black people in particular and minority groups and poor people generally. The tests are based on white middle-class standards, and when we score low on them, the results are used to justify the prejudice that we are inferior and unintelligent. Since we are taught to believe that the tests are infallible, they have become a self-fulfilling prophecy that cuts off our initiative and brainwashes us. Huey Newton cutting white believe By surrendering my life to the revolution, I found eternal life Huey Newton eternal-life revolution found There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people. Huey Newton patriotism no-fear people Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment. Huey Newton slavery moments people You can Jail a Revolutionary but you can't jail the Revolution. You can run a freedom fighter around the country, but you can't run freedom fighting around the country. You can murder a liberator, but you can't murder liberation. Huey Newton fighting running country Those in the community who defy authority and 'break the law' seem to enjoy the good life and have everything in the way of material possessions. On the other hand, people who work hard and struggle and suffer much are the victims of greed and indifference, losers. This insane reversal of values presses heavily on the Black community. The causes originate from outside and are imposed by a system that ruthlessly seeks its own rewards, no matter what the cost in wrecked human lives. Huey Newton good-life hard-work struggle I think the time is right for organizing and to give Blacks more political - the progressive Blacks, you have to make a distinction - participation, more Blacks in more authoritative positions, in more electoral political positions. But we want the right ones. Huey Newton political giving thinking I do not think that life will change for the better without an assault on the Establishment, which goes on exploiting the wretched of the earth. Huey Newton earth goes-on thinking To die for the racists is lighter than a feather, but to die for the people is heavier than any mountain and deeper than any sea. Huey Newton mountain sea people The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man. Huey Newton fate political men I have the people behind me and the people are my strength. Huey Newton patriotism revolutionary people We have to realize our black heritage in order to give us strength to move on and progress. But as far as returning to the old African culture, it's unnecessary and it's not advantageous in many respects. We believe that culture itself will not liberate us. We're going to need some stronger stuff. Huey Newton order believe moving Let us go on outdoing ourselves; a revolutionary man always transcends himself or otherwise he is not a revolutionary man, so we always do what we ask of ourselves or more than what we know we can do. Huey Newton revolutionary goes-on men Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up. Huey Newton gun want sometimes If you stop struggling, then you stop life. Huey Newton failure struggle life The United States can hide behind a facade simply because it is sucking the blood of other people...The Third World people: Africa, Asia and Latin America. Huey Newton latin blood america When you deal with a man, deal with his most valuable possession, his life. There's play and there's the deep flow. I like to take things to the deep flow of play, because everything is a game, serious and nonserious at the same time. So play life like it's a game. Huey Newton games play men The reactionary suicide is ‘wise,’ and the revolutionary suicide is a ‘fool,’ a fool for the revolution in the way Paul meant when he spoke of being a ‘fool for Christ,’ That foolishness can move mountains of oppression; it is our great leap and our commitment to the dead and the unborn. Huey Newton suicide wise moving
