Bobby Seale

“You don't fight racism with racism. You fight racism with solidarity.”

“We do not fight fire with fire. We fight fire with water.”

“A hungry man is not a free man.”

“To be a revolutionary is to be an enemy of the state.”

“You can't murder a revolution. You can't jail a revolution. You can't run a revolution out of the country.”

“We believe our first duty is to serve the people, body and soul.”

“The only way to win a revolution is to be a better example.”

“We're not a black nationalist organization. We're a revolutionary nationalist organization.”

“We were not talking about the oppression of black people, we were talking about the oppression of all people.”

“Education is a tool. We want to be able to use that tool for our liberation.”

“Our position is a defensive position... we have a right to defend ourselves.”

“The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.”