Quotes
- In the rest of his interview he would continue to defend people of America, "No, I'm not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end.I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here.I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality.If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn't have to draft me, I'd join tomorrow.I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We've been in jail for 400 years."
- One of his biggest quotes on the topic was, "I ain't got no quarrel with any Vietcong." In this quote he meant he had no reason to go over and kill people in Vietnam.