Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.

Huey Newton's Popular Quotes

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

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

- 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…

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You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.

- Huey Newton

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

- Huey Newton

The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism.

- Huey Newton

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

- Huey Newton

Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.

- Huey Newton