The following excerpts were taken from the final speech of Rev. Jim Jones to his Jonestown cult members. Popularly known as "the death speech" because while Jones was making this speech his followers were committing suicide and murdering their own children. These excerpts reflect the true racial motivations of Jim Jones and most of his followers.

Jones: Some months I've tried to keep this thing from happening. But I now see it's the will– it's the will of Sovereign Being that this happen to us. That we lay down our lives to protest against what's being done. That we lay down our lives to protest at what's being done. The criminality of people. The cruelty of people. Who walked out of here today? See all those who walked out? Mostly white people. Mostly white people walked. I'm so grateful for the ones that didn't– those who knew who they are. (Jones is referring to the white members who chose to leave with Rep. Leo Ryan and abandon the cult; they were murdered at the local airstrip just minutes before ~ AP2) I just know that there's no point– there's no point to this. We are born before our time. They won't accept us. And I don't think we should sit here and take any more time for our children to be endangered. Because if they come after our children, and we give them our children, then our children will suffer forever.

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Woman 5: At one time, I felt just like Christine herself. But after today I don't feel anything because the biggest majority of people that left here today for a fight, and I know it really hurt my heart because–

Jones: Broke your heart, didn't it?

Woman 5: Broke my heart completely. All of this year the white people had been with us, and they're not a part of us. So we might as well end it now because I don't see ...

Jones: It's all over. The congressman has been murdered.

(Music and singing.)

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Man 4: ... A great deal because it's Jim Jones. And the way the children are laying there now. I'd rather see them lay like that than to see them have to die like the Jews did, which was pitiful anyhow. And I just like to thank Dad for giving us life and also death. And I appreciate the fact of the way our children are going. Because, like Dad said, when they come in, what they're gonna do to our children– they're gonna massacre our children. And also the ones that they take capture, they're gonna just let them grow up and be dummies like they want them to be. And not grow up to be a person like the one and only Jim Jones. So I'd like to thank Dad for the opportunity for letting Jonestown be not what it could be, but what Jonestown is. Thank you, Dad.

(Applause.)

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Jones: I, with respect, die with a degree of dignity. Lay down your life with dignity. Don't lay down with tears and agony. There's nothing to death. It's like Mac said, it's just stepping over to another plane. Don't be this way. Stop this hysterics. This is not the way for people who are Socialists or Communists to die. No way for us to die. We must die with some dignity. We must die with some dignity. We will have no choice. Now we have some choice. Do you think they're gonna allow this to be done– allow us to get by with this? You must be insane. Look children, it's just something to put you to rest. Oh, God.

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Jones: It's never been done before, you say. It's been done by every tribe in history. Every tribe facing annihilation. All the Indians of the Amazon are doing it right now. They refuse to bring any babies into the world. They kill every child that comes into the world. Because they don't want to live in this kind of a world. So be patient. Be patient. Death is– I tell you, I don't care how many screams you hear. I don't care how many anguished cries. Death is a million times preferable to ten more days of this life. If you knew what was ahead of you– if you knew what was ahead of you, you'd be glad to be stepping over tonight. Death, death, death is common to people. And the Eskimos, they take death in their stride. Let's be digni– let's be dignified. If you quit tell them they're dying– if you adults would stop some of this nonsense. Adults, adults, adults. I call on you to stop this nonsense. I call on you to quit exciting your children when all they're doing is going to a quiet rest. I call on you to stop this now if you have any respect at all. Are we black, proud, and Socialist, or what are we? Now stop this nonsense. Don't carry this on anymore. You're exciting your children. No, no sorrow– that it's all over. I'm glad it's over. Hurry, hurry my children. Hurry. All I think (inaudible) from the hands of the enemy. Hurry, my children. Hurry. There are seniors out here that I'm concerned about. Hurry. I don't want to leave my seniors to this mess. Only quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly.... Good knowing you. No more pain now. No more pain, I said (inaudible). No more pain. Jim Cobb is laying on the airfield dead at this moment.

(Applause.)

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Woman 15: Everything we could have ever done, most loving thing all of us could have done, and it's been a pleasure walking with all of you in this revolutionary struggle. No other way I would rather go to give my life for socialism, communism, and I thank Dad very, very much.

Woman 16: Right. Yes, eh. Dad's love and nursing, goodness and kindness and bring us to this land of freedom. His love– his mother was the advance– the advance guard to socialism. And his love (inaudible) will go on forever unto the fields of–

Jones: Where's the vat, the vat, the vat? Where's the vat with the Green C on it? The vat with the Green C in. Bring it so the adults can begin.

Woman 16: Go on unto the sing, and thank you Dad.

Jones: (Inaudible.) ... Don't, don't fail to follow my advice. You'll be sorry. You'll be sorry. If we do it, than that they do it. Have trust. You have to step across.

(Music.)

Jones: We used to think this world was– this world was not our home– well, it sure isn't– we were saying– it sure wasn't. He doesn't want to tell them. All he's doing– if they will tell them– assure these kids. Can't some people assure these children of the relaxation of stepping over to the next plane? They set an example for others. We said– one thousand people who said, we don't like the way the world is.

Voice: Take some.

Jones: Take our life from us. We laid it down. We got tired. We didn't commit suicide, we committed an act of revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world.

(Music.)

Another interesting thing that you might like to know is that Jones is typically a jewish surname!

There are those who believe that there was a conspiracy and that the C.I.A. was involved in Jonestown. Plenty of men have been linked to Jones who were also employed by the CIA. Rep. Leo Ryan (who visited Jonestown) was very much anti-CIA and was trying to get an amendment passed that would restrict the secrecy of the CIA. Fortunately for them, Ryan was assassinated on an airstrip near the Jonestown colony and his proposal for the new amendment never succeeded.