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The principle of self defense is an American tradition that began at Lexington and Concord.

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The Negro in the south cannot expect justice in the courts. He must convict his attackers on the spot. He must meet violence with violence, lynching with lynching.

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I have asserted the right of Negroes to meet the violence of the Ku Klux Klan by armed self-defense — and have acted on it. It has always been an accepted right of Americans, as the history of our Western states proves, that where the law is unable, or unwilling, to enforce order, the citizens can, and must act in self-defense against lawless violence.

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If I'm called a criminal for advocating that people have the right to defend themselves, for telling them to get off their asses and fight for what they deserve. If that's criminal, then I hope that I'll always be a criminal.

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Robert F. Williams

Robert F. Williams

Born: February 26, 1925
Died: October 15, 1996 (aged 71)
Bio: Robert Franklin Williams was an American civil rights leader and author, best known for serving as president of the Monroe, North Carolina, chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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