19+ Fred Hampton Quotes On Education, Violence

Fred Hampton was an American activist and revolutionary socialist who served as the Deputy Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. He was an active leader in the civil rights movement and worked to organize the Rainbow Coalition, a coalition of several civil rights organizations. He was assassinated by the Chicago Police Department in 1969. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Fred Hampton on love, education, violence.

You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution. — Fred Hampton

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. — Fred Hampton

We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed. — Fred Hampton

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. — Fred Hampton

You can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill revolution...you can jail a liberator but you can't jail liberation. — Fred Hampton

You're gonna have to keep on saying that - I am the proletariat, I am the people. I am not the pig. You've got to make a distinction. — Fred Hampton

I'm not going to die slipping on no ice. — Fred Hampton

A lot of people don't understand the Black Panthers Party's relationship with white mother country radicals. — Fred Hampton

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

In plain proletarian worker's language, it takes two to tango. — Fred Hampton

I don''t know if I like communism, and I don''t know if I like socialism. But I know that the Breakfast for Children Program feeds my kids. And if you put your hands on that Breakfast for Children Program . . . — Fred Hampton

You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution. — Fred Hampton

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. — Fred Hampton

The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people. — Fred Hampton

If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don't deserve to win. — Fred Hampton

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. — Fred Hampton

We're going to fight racism not with racism, but we're going to fight with solidarity. We say we're not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we're going to fight it with socialism. — Fred Hampton

Let me just say: Peace to you, if you're willing to fight for it. — Fred Hampton

If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. — Fred Hampton

Life Lessons by Fred Hampton

1. Fred Hampton's work as an American activist taught us the importance of standing up for what you believe in and fighting for justice and equality.
2. His dedication to empowering and unifying people of all backgrounds, regardless of race or class, serves as an example of the power of collective action and solidarity.
3. He demonstrated the importance of inspiring and motivating others to join the cause, and showed us that one person can make a difference in the world.