Because The Honorable Elijah Muhammad makes black people brave enough, men enough to defend ourselves no matter what the odds are, the white man runs around here with a doctrine that Mr. Muhammad is advocating the violence when he is actually telling Negroes to defend themselves against violent people.

When you mentioned something about self improvement, the implication is that the negro is something distinct or different, and, therefore, needs to learn how to improve himself. Negro leaders resent this being said, not because they don't know that it's true, but they're thinking, they're looking at it personally. They think that the implication is directed even at them, and that they, and they duck this responsibility.

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.

The religion of Islam brings out of the individual all of his dormant potential.

After four hundred years of slave labor, we have some back pay coming, a bill owed to us that must be collected.

Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.