15 Best Fred Hampton Quotes

Let me just say: Peace to you, if you're willing to fight for it. ― Fred Hampton. Here are 15 Fred Hampton Quotes.

Fred Hampton Quotes

1. “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

2. “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.”― Fred Hampton

3. “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

4. “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

Fred Hampton Quotes

5. “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

6. “If you walk through life and don't help anybody, you haven't had much of a life” ― Fred Hampton

7. “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 if you're not going to work for the people.” ― Fred Hampton

8. “You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.” ― Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton Quotes

9. “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.” ― Fred Hampton

10. “You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.” ― Fred Hampton

11. “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

12. “Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.” ― Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton Quotes

13. “Everything would be alright if everything was put back in the hands of the people, and we're going to have to put it back in the hands of the people.” ― Fred Hampton

14. “We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.” ― Fred Hampton

15. “People have to be armed to have power, you see.” ― Fred Hampton