1. “You don’t fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.”
2. “We don’t hate nobody because of their color. We hate oppression!”
3. “A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.”
4. “I am not a hoodlum. I’m a community organizer.”
5. “Our position was: If you don’t attack us there won’t be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves.”
6. “To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.”
7. “We were like heroes, to stand there and observe the police, and the police were scared to move upon us.”
8. “The only solution to pollution is a people’s humane revolution!”
9. “The people have now come to realize that the only way to deal with oppressor is to deal on our own terms and this was done.”
10. “I’m a progressive. The progressive has to be manifested in a new direction in policies and legislation.”
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