I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence

Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.

Despite my firm convictions, I have been always a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth.