You Can Only Die Once,

The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities, Cease Their Wanton Murder And Brutality And Torture Of Black People, Or Face The Wrath Of The Armed People.

We [panthers] Have Not Said Much About The Homosexual At All, But We Must Relate To The Homosexual Movement Because It Is A Real Thing. And I Know Through Reading, And Through My Life Experience And Observations That Homosexuals Are Not Given Freedom And Liberty By Anyone In The Society. They Might Be The Most Oppresed People In The Society.

Any Unarmed People Are Slaves, Or Are Subject To Slavery At Any Given Moment. If The Guns Are Taken Out Of The Hands Of The People And Only The Pigs Have Guns, Then It's Off To The Concentration Camps, The Gas Chambers, Or Whatever The Fascists In America Come Up With. One Of The Democratic Rights Of The United States, The Second Amendment To The Constitution, Gives The People The Right To Bear Arms. However, There Is A Greater Right; The Right Of Human Dignity That Gives All Men The Right To Defend Themselves.

The Reactionary Suicide Is ‘wise,’ And The Revolutionary Suicide Is A ‘fool,’ A Fool For The Revolution In The Way Paul Meant When He Spoke Of Being A ‘fool For Christ,’ That Foolishness Can Move Mountains Of Oppression; It Is Our Great Leap And Our Commitment To The Dead And The Unborn.

We Have To Realize Our Black Heritage In Order To Give Us Strength To Move On And Progress. But As Far As Returning To The Old African Culture, It's Unnecessary And It's Not Advantageous In Many Respects. We Believe That Culture Itself Will Not Liberate Us. We're Going To Need Some Stronger Stuff.