It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton….

In order for a man to really understand himself he must be part of a nation; he must have some land of his own, a God of his own, a language of his o….

We must control the politics and the politicians of our community. They must no longer take orders from outside forces. We will organize, and sweep o….

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 ….

In order, in order to enforce you can't force people to act right toward each other. You can't force, you cannot legislate heart, conditions and atti….

Any time the negro becomes involved in mature political action, then the resistance of the politicians who benefit from the exploited political syste….

To me, political action involves making the politician who represents us know that he either produces or he is out, and he's out one way or another..

The only time the white man is brotherly toward you is when he can use you, when he can exploit you, when he will oppress you, when you will submit t….

Just as the white man and every other person on this earth has God-given rights, natural rights, civil rights, any kind of rights that you can think ….

In my opinion, mature political action is the type of action that that involves a program of re-education and information that will enable the black ….

The government is responsible for the violence, as long as they don't stop it. And if we have to get violent to protect ourselves, then it's the gove….

The man was a deceiver. He was deceitful and I will never bite my tongue in saying that. I don't think he was anything but a politician, and he used ….

Whenever you're going after something that belongs to you, anyone who's depriving you of the right to have it is a criminal. Understand that. Wheneve….

We don't think that we're begging for anything. We think we're demanding what is ours by right. And all we're asking for is an opportunity to do some….

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that the black man in America, for the past 400 years, has been like a boy in the white man's house, begging the w….

You have to be very careful introducing the truth to the black man, who has never previously heard the truth about himself. The black brother is so b….

The problem facing our people here in America is bigger than all other personal or organizational differences. Therefore, as leaders, we must stop wo….

We black men have a hard enough time in our own struggle for justice, and already have enough enemies as it is, to make the drastic mistake of attack….

Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary..

The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to obtain the hu….

New York white youth were killing victims; that was a 'sociological' problem. But when black youth killed somebody, the power structure was looking t….