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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
That's all the freedom we can hope for - the freedom to choose our prison. ― L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle
In many ways you can say that the prison serves as an institution that consolidates the state’s inability and refusal to address the most pressing social problems of this era. — Angela Davis
In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics.
I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images. - Huey Newton
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
The supreme value is not the future but the present. The future is a deceitful time that always says to us, 'Not Yet,' and thus denies us... Whoever builds a house for future happiness builds a prison for the present.
I read Plato's 'Republic.' I read it through about five times until I could actually understand it. - Huey Newton
Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment. - Huey Newton
I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.- Huey Newton