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the system can correct itself to a certain extent

We will inform this government, this social order, that it must administer to its people because it is supposed to be a representative government which serves the needs of the people. Then serve them. If it does not do this then it should be criticized. What we will not do in the future is jump too…

—p.68 To Die for the People: The Writings of Huey P. Newton by Huey P. Newton
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that itself is a kind of transformation

History shows that most of the parties that have led people out of their difficulties have had administrators with what we sometimes call the traits of the bourgeoisie or declassed intellectuals. They are the people who have gone through the established institutions, rejected them, and then applied…

—p.63 by Huey P. Newton
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where is democracy for us in any of that?

If, in fact, participating in the democratic process in America were in the interest of the Black community there would be no need for a Free Breakfast Program, there would be no need for Free Health Clinics or any of the other programs we have developed to meet the people's needs. The rights of th…

—p.58 by Huey P. Newton
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interested in everything the people are interested in

Because the Black Panther Party grows out of the conditions and needs of oppressed people we are interested in everything the people are interested in, even though we may not see these particular concerns as the final answers to our problems. We will never run for political office, but we will en…

—p.50 by Huey P. Newton
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revolution is a process

We realized at a very early point in our development that revolution is a process. It is not a particular action, nor is it a conclusion. It is a process. This is why when feudalistic slavery wiped out chattel slavery, feudalism was revolutionary. This is why when capitalism wiped out feudalism, …

—p.47 by Huey P. Newton