The Black Panther party of Self-Defense is a revolutionary party. Bobby Seale More Quotes by Bobby Seale More Quotes From Bobby Seale Money is the medium of exchange, and it's how you make things happen. To say you hate it is some farfetched, idealistic crap. Bobby Seale make-things-happenmediumshate We were like heroes, to stand there and observe the police, and the police were scared to move upon us. Bobby Seale firefighterheromoving Fox News never calls up Bobby Seale to articulate a stance in opposition to right-wing conservatives. To me, giving the New Black Panthers a platform on Fox is a subtle tactic to scare people. Bobby Seale wingsgivingpeople We jumped into the protest of Vietnam before the Black Panther Party ever started, before the Black Panther Party was even thought of. In fact, it was late 1965 and 1966 that the anti-Vietnam War, anti-draft to the Vietnam War protest started at University of California, Berkeley. Bobby Seale californiapartywar My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte. Bobby Seale engineeringviewsfather Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and died for. Bobby Seale panthersblackparty I always tried to raise money for the Black Panthers through business schemes. Bobby Seale panthersschemesblack I am not a hoodlum. I'm a community organizer. Bobby Seale organizercommunity I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers. Bobby Seale philadelphiagood-friendpolice The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists. Bobby Seale blackpartyrevenge I still want my right to defend myself. A railroad operation, and you know it, from Nixon on down. they got you running around violating my constitutional rights. Bobby Seale railroadsrightsrunning Lots of people think I went to prison. I never went to prison. I was in jail without bail. Bobby Seale neverthinkprisonpeople I consider myself a political revolutionary humanist. Bobby Seale myselfrevolutionarypolitical Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That's what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts. Bobby Seale powerjusticehandspeople The Black Panther Party was not a gang. They grew out of a young black intelligentsia on college campuses. Bobby Seale gangblackpartycollege If they had not murdered Malcolm X, there probably never would have been a Black Panther Party. Bobby Seale beenneverblackparty People called me a hoodlum and a thug. But they didn't tell you I was a carpenter, an architect, a stand-up comic - even a bartender. And a barbecue cook. But they didn't tell you that. Bobby Seale meyoubarbecuepeople I think I can capture the taste buds of the average right-wing conservative who loves barbecue. Bobby Seale thinkbarbecuecapturei-can You can't call yourself a university and exclude whole ethnic groups. Bobby Seale ethnicyourselfyouuniversity Being so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it. Bobby Seale beingbarbecuesegregationdefeat
