What I'm really trying to say is that I believed an armed insurrection could work. After I was shot and went to prison, that ended that illusion. I had time to think.
I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people. - Huey Newton
I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.
- Huey Newton
To die for the racists is lighter than a feather, but to die for the people is heavier than any mountain and deeper than any sea. - Huey Newton
To die for the racists is lighter than a feather, but to die for the people is heavier than any mountain and deeper than any sea.
The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars. - Huey Newton
The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.
Institutions work this way. A son is murdered by the police, and nothing is done. The institutions send the victim's family on a merry-go-round, goin… - Huey Newton
Institutions work this way. A son is murdered by the police, and nothing is done. The institutions send the victim's family on a merry-go-round, goin…
You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution. - Huey Newton
You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.
The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution. - Huey Newton
The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.
The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism. - Huey Newton
The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism.
Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny. - Huey Newton
Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.
Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner. - Huey Newton
Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.
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