anytimeyouhavetorelyuponyourenemyforajob--you''reinbadshape.whenyouhave--heisyourenemy.letmetellyou,youwouldn''tbeinthiscountryifsomeenemyhadn''tkidnaedyouandbroughtyouhere.
ontheotherhand,someofyouthinkyoucamehereonthemayflower.
soasyoucanseebrothersandsisters,today--thisafternoon,itisnotourintentiontodiscureligion.we''regoingtoforgetreligion.ifwebringupreligion,we''llbeinanargument,andthebestwaytokeepawayfromargumentsanddifferences--asisaidearlier--putyourreligionathome--inthecloset.
keepitbetweenyouandyourgod.
becauseifitha''tdoneanythingmoreforyouthanithas,youneedtoforgetitanyway.
whetheryouare--whetheryouareachristian,oramuslim,oranationalist,weallhavethesameproblem.theydon''thangyoubecauseyou''reabaptist;theyhangyou''causeyou''reblack.theydon''tattackmebecausei''mamuslim;theyattackme''causei''mblack.theyattackallofusforthesamereasoallofuscatchhellfromthesameenemy.we''reallinthesamebag,inthesameboat.wesufferpoliticaloreion,economicexploitation,andsocialdegradation--allofthemfromthesameenemy.thegovernmenthasfaileduyoucan''tdenythat.anytimeyouliveinthetwentiethcentury,1964,andyouwalkin''aroundheresinging“weshallovercome,”thegovernmenthasfailedus.
thisispartofwhat''swrongwithyou--youdotoomuchsinging.todayit''stimetostopsingingandstartswinging.youcan''tsinguponfreedom,butyoucanswinguponsomefreedom.caiusclaycansing,butsingingdidn''thelphimtobecometheheavy-weightchampionoftheworld--swinginghelpedhimbecometheheavy-weightchampion.thisgovernmenthasfaileduthegovernmentitselfhasfailedus,andthewhiteliberalswhohavebeenposingasourfriendshavefailedus.
andonceweseethatalltheseothersourcestowhichwe''veturnedhavefailed,westopturningtothemandturntoourselves.weneedaselfhelpprogram,ado-it-yourselfphilosophy,ado-it-right-nowphilosophy,ait''s-already-too-latephilosop