The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution. - 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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If you stop struggling, then you stop life. - Huey Newton

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

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