” You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution. “
” Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it. “
” 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. “
” 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. “
” The Black Panther Party stood up and said that we don’t care what anybody says. We don’t think fighting fire with fire is best, we think you fight fire with water best. “
” 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. “
” People have to be armed to have power, you see. “
” You can jail a revolutionary, but you can’t jail the revolution. “
” 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 talking about is there has to be an educational program. That’s very important. “
” 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. “
” You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. “
” You can’t build a revolution with no education. Jomo Kenyatta did this in Africa, and because the people were not educated, he became as much an oppressor as the people he overthrew. “
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