Books-bright windows in this life of ours, lit by the shining souls of men.

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.

Virtue knows no color line.

Those who commit the murders write the reports.

I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by heart. I do not have to embellish; it makes its own way.

A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

The appetite grows for what it feeds on.

I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If awoman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.

I love what I do for a living, but the other side, that aspect of being famous or a celebrity's got zero interest to me.

Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows.

The common people don't believe this kind of religion [of islamic fundamentalists] because first and foremost they want to solve their basic problems, including human rights and economic.

Started from the chair hop now we here.

Did you know that..........'embargo' spelled backwards is 'o grab me

Life consists in molting our illusions. We form creeds today only to throw them away tomorrow. The eagle molts a feather because he is growing a better one.

A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.

All I'm about is just the pen.

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.