H. Rap Brown quotes

Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized. (H. Rap Brown)
I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie. View quote
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But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down. View quote
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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave. View quote
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty. View quote
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We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in. View quote
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An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution. View quote
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black! View quote
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I seek truth over a lie; I seek justice over injustice; I seek righteousness over the rewards of evildoers, and I love Allah more than I love the state. View quote
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Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford. View quote
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If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down. (H. Rap Brown)
In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed people in this country: that's the Mexican American, the Puerto Rican American, the American Indian, and black people. View quote
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One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty. View quote
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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class. View quote
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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant. View quote
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Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country. View quote
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When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society. View quote
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Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe. View quote
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I consider myself neither legally nor morally bound to obey the laws made by a body in which I have no representation. View quote
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There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others. View quote
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The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him. (H. Rap Brown)
You must begin to define yourself. You must begin to define your Black heritage. View quote
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You cannot legislate an attitude. View quote
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Look at the newborn baby. It struggles to breathe after living in the womb. And yet, growth comes as a result of struggle. Even when we talk about jihad. We need to attach consciousness to struggle. This struggle has to be both individual and collective. View quote
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My name is Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown. I am a devoted servant of Allah, and an unwavering devotee to His cause. For more than 30 years, I have been tormented and persecuted by my enemies for reasons of race and belief. View quote
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