The Honorable Elijah Muhammad Teaches

They Call Me "a Teacher, A Fomenter Of Violence." I Would Say Point Blank, "that Is A Lie. I'm Not For Wanton Violence, I'm For Justice."

If The Black Man Is Allowed To Separate And Go Into Some Land Of His Own Where He Can Solve His Own Problems, There Won't Be Any Explosion, And The Negroes Who Want To Stay With The White Man, Let Them Stay With The White Man - But Those Who Want To Leave, Let Them Go To The Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

The Law Of Nature Gives A Man The Right To Defend Himself When He's Attacked. And God's Law Itself Gives A Man The Right To Defend Himself When He's Attacked.

I Myself Would Go For Nonviolence If It Was Consistent, If Everybody Was Going To Be Nonviolent All The Time. I'd Say, Okay, Let's Get With It, We'll All Be Nonviolent. But I Don't Go Along With Any Kind Of Nonviolence Unless Everybody's Going To Be Nonviolent. If They Make The Ku Klux Klan Nonviolent, I'll Be Nonviolent. If They Make The White Citizens Council Nonviolent, I'll Be Nonviolent. But As Long As You've Got Somebody Else Not Being Nonviolent, I Don't Want Anybody Coming To Me Talking Any Nonviolent Talk.

We Are Fighting For The Right To Live As Free Humans In This Society. In Fact, We Are Actually Fighting For Rights That Are Even Greater Than Civil Rights And That Is Human Rights.