Huey P. Newton quotes - page 2

The people will win a new world. Yet when I think of individuals in the revolution, I cannot predict their survival. Revolutionaries must accept this fact. (Huey P. Newton)
When a mechanic wants to fix a broken-down car engine, he must have the necessary tools to do the job. When the people move for liberation they must have the basic tool of liberation: the gun. View quote
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To us power is, first of all, the ability to define phenomena, and secondly the ability to make these phenomena act in a desired manner. View quote
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Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws. View quote
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Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny. View quote
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We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism. View quote
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Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up. View quote
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There will be no prison which can hold our movement down. View quote
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The FBI was most disturbed by the Panthers' survival programs providing community service. The popular free breakfast program, in which the party provided free hot breakfasts to children in Black communities throughout the United States, was, as already noted, a particular thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover. Finding little to criticize about the program objectively, the Bureau decided to destroy it. View quote
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The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man. View quote
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The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism. (Huey P. Newton)
I have the people behind me and the people are my strength. View quote
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If you stop struggling, then you stop life. View quote
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I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people. View quote
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There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people. View quote
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You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution. View quote
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Rewriting unjust laws is a basic human right and fundamental obligation. View quote
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The blood, sweat, tears, and suffering of Black people are the foundations of the wealth and power of the United States of America. We were forced to build America, and if forced to, we will tear it down. View quote
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My foes have called me bum, hoodlum, criminal. Some have even called me nigger. I imagine now they'll at least have to call me Dr. Nigger. View quote
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The blood, sweat, tears, and suffering of Black people are the foundations of the wealth and power of the United States of America. We were forced to build America, and if forced to, we will tear it down. The immediate result of this destruction will be suffering and bloodshed. But the end result will be the perpetual peace for all mankind. View quote
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