Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment. - Huey Newton

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We've never advocated violence; violence is inflicted upon us. But we do believe in self-defense for ourselves and for black people. - Huey Newton

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I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.- Huey Newton

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Racism is an excuse used for capitalism. ― Fred Hampton

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

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I didn't get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system. - Huey Newton

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Racism will disappear when it's no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it'll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.

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Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up. - Huey Newton

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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism.

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I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images. - Huey Newton

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