I have the people behind me and the people are my strength. - Huey Newton

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Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system. — Ellen Degeneres

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There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people. - Huey Newton

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We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism. - Huey Newton

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There will be no prison which can hold our movement down. - Huey Newton

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I read Plato's 'Republic.' I read it through about five times until I could actually understand it. - Huey Newton

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The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man. - Huey Newton

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No one can say, 'I have dropped out - I am no longer in the system.' When you're in prison, you're even closer to the system: you feel it more, and you might be in there for whatever reason. You don't transform the system as an absolute thing. - Huey Newton

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