Huey Percy Newton , was co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, a civil rights organization that began in October 1966.
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“There will be no prison which can hold our movement down.”
Huey Newton
“The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.”
“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.”
“Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.”
“I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.”
“I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.”
“Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment.”