15 Quotes by Fred Hampton
Fred Hampton, a charismatic and influential civil rights activist, was a prominent figure in the Black Panther Party’s Illinois chapter. Hampton’s commitment to fighting systemic racism and advocating for social and economic justice made him a target of law enforcement and government surveillance. Known for his powerful speeches and organizing skills, he worked to unite various racial and socioeconomic groups in their pursuit of equality. Tragically, Hampton’s life was cut short when he was killed in a police raid while he slept in his apartment. His death further ignited discussions on police brutality and the suppression of Black activism. Hampton’s legacy lives on as a symbol of the ongoing struggle for civil rights and social change, and his dedication to coalition-building and uplifting marginalized voices continues to inspire activists fighting against injustice.
Fred Hampton Quotes
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. (Meaning)
You can murder a liberator, but you can’t murder liberation. (Quote Meaning)
Nothing’s more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all. (Meaning)
I’m not gonna die on no airplane. I’m gonna die for the people, because I’m going to live for the people. (Quote Meaning)
If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life. (Meaning)
We don’t think you fight fire with fire best; we think you fight fire with water best. (Quote Meaning)
We say you fight racism not with racism, but you fight racism with solidarity. (Meaning)
You have to understand that people have to pay the price for peace. (Quote Meaning)
If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don’t deserve to win.
We say you don’t fight racism with racism. (Meaning)
You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
We’ve got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don’t fight racism with racism. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.
We ain’t gonna fight no reactionary pigs who run up and down the street being reactionary; we’re gonna organize and dedicate ourselves to revolutionary political power and teach ourselves the specific needs of resisting the power structure, arm ourselves, and we’re gonna fight reactionary pigs with INTERNATIONAL PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION. That’s what it has to be. The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
You don’t fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity. We’re not gonna fight capitalism with Black capitalism. We’re gonna fight capitalism with socialism. Socialism is the people. If you’re afraid of socialism, you’re afraid of yourself.
You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution. (Quote Meaning)
We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
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.
Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.
If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. (Meaning)
We’re going to fight racism with solidarity. (Quote Meaning)
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.
I’m not going to die slipping on no ice.
A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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.
In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
― Fred Hampton Quotes
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