Negroes Must Arm Through Organization:
"I am not advising you to arm now with the things they have, I am asking you to arm through organization; arm through preparedness. You do not want to have guns and bombs just now; you have no immediate use for them, so they can throw away those things if they want in Washington on Armistice Day.
I am saying to the Negro people of the world, get armed with organization; get armed by coming together 400 million strong. That is your weapon.
Their weapon in the past has been big guns and explosive shells; your weapon must be universal organization.
You are a people most favorably situated today for getting what you want through organization. Why? Because universally Negroes have a common cause; universally Negroes suffer from a common disadvantage. You are not like other people in that respect."
Hon. Marcus Garvey, "Philosophy and Opinions"