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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/i-went-down-to-the-prison-in-menard-thinking-we-were-the-vanguard-but/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

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## More by 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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/i-believe-i-m-going-to-die-doing-the-things-i-was-born-to-do-i/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

> [I went down to the prison in Menard, thinking we were the vanguard, but down there, I got down on my knees and listened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/i-went-down-to-the-prison-in-menard-thinking-we-were-the-vanguard-but/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

> [Were going to fight racism not with racism, but were going to fight with solidarity. We say were not going to fight capitalism with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/were-going-to-fight-racism-not-with-racism-but-were-going-to-fight/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

> [The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/the-people-have-to-have-the-power-it-belongs-to-the-people/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

> [I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/i-have-a-lot-of-respect-for-martin-luther-king-i-think-he-was-one-of/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/you-re-gonna-have-to-keep-on-saying-that-i-am-the-proletariat-i-am/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

> [We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/we-say-that-we-will-work-with-anybody-and-form-a-coalition-with/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

> [We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/we-do-not-support-people-who-are-anarchistic-opportunistic/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/we-re-going-to-fight-racism-not-with-racism-but-we-re-going-to-fight/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

> [We got to face some facts. That the masses are poor, that the masses belong to what you call the lower class, and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/we-got-to-face-some-facts-that-the-masses-are-poor-that-the-masses/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

> [We say primarily that the priority of this struggle is class. That Marx and Lenin and Che Guevara and Mao Tse-Tung, and anybody else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/we-say-primarily-that-the-priority-of-this-struggle-is-class-that/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

> [“...you can jail revolutionaries, but you can’t jail the revolution. You might run a liberator like Eldridge Cleaver out of the country, but you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/you-can-jail-revolutionaries-but-you-can-t-jail-the-revolution-you/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

> [I'm not going to die slipping on no ice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/i-m-not-going-to-die-slipping-on-no-ice/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/we-ain-t-gonna-fight-no-reactionary-pigs-who-run-up-and-down-the/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/with-no-education-you-have-neocolonialism-instead-of-colonialism-like/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

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