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 Read Quote
We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind. Fred Hampton Read Quote
We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic. Fred Hampton Read Quote
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. Fred Hampton Read Quote
A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals. Fred Hampton Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
