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Huey Newton

"The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people."

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"The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people."

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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

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"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."

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