21 Quotes by Bobby Seale
Bobby Seale, an American political activist, is best known as one of the co-founders of the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary socialist organization that advocated for civil rights and self-defense in the face of systemic racism and police brutality. Seale's activism and leadership within the Black Panther Party played a significant role in shaping the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.
As the party's chairman, Seale worked tirelessly to address issues such as police violence, economic inequality, and the empowerment of Black communities. He played a crucial role in organizing community programs, such as free breakfast programs for children, aimed at addressing social and economic disparities. Seale's advocacy for racial equality, self-determination, and social justice continues to inspire activists fighting against racial injustice and systemic oppression. His dedication to community empowerment and his unwavering commitment to civil rights make him an influential figure in the ongoing struggle for equality.
Bobby Seale Quotes
You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity. (Meaning)
A people who have suffered so much for so long at hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.... the black communities of America must rise up as one man to halt the progression of a trend that leads inevitably to their total destruction.
There's nothing wrong with being a cop. There's nothing wrong with being a white person. It's about where your heart is...We've got to get everyone beyond the xenophobic isolationism.
Our position was: If you don't attack us, there won't be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves.
We don't hate nobody because of their color. We hate oppression!
We're hip to the fact that Superman never saved no black people. You got that?
A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.
To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.
There is an entire generation of young people who know nothing about how viciously the FBI attacked The Black Panther Party, and why.
When we use the term pig, for example, we are referring to the people who systematically violate the peoples' constitutional rights - whether they be monopoly capitalists or police. The term is now being adopted by radicals, hippies, and minority peoples. Even the workers, when the pigs supported strike-breakers like they did as Union Oil where 100 local police came in a cracked strikers' heads, began to call them by their true name.
On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important, since we knew that you couldn't observe the police without guns, we took our guns with us to let the police know that we have an equalizer.
The people have now come to realize that the only way to deal with the oppressor is to deal on our own terms and this was done.
The Black Panther party of Self-Defense is a revolutionary party.
I'm still a political revolutionary. The fire never went out of me, but perceptions and realizations change.
The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we wanted to write a program that was straightforward to the people. We didn't want to give a long dissertation.
We were not talking about the average white person: we was talking about the corporate money rich and the racist jive politicians and the lackeys, as we used to call them, for the government who perpetuate all this exploitation and racism.
The only solution to pollution is a people's humane revolution!
I'd have no trouble being the barbecue kingpin of America. I'd just add it to all the other things I am: jazz musician, carpenter, architect, engineer and revolutionary.
We were like heroes, to stand there and observe the police, and the police were scared to move upon us.
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 Quotes
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