Democracy's ceremonial, its feast, it's great function, is the election.

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.

People never think of a child as being a monster, because if they did, they would never be able to sleep at night. Children are where lies peoples hopes, dreams, innocence... Not where lies murder.

I wished it was raining, " he said."I don't need the rain, " I said. "I need you.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter.

The ability to help the people around me self-actualize their goals underlines the single aspect of my abilities and the label that I value most—teacher.

If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.

Man is a moral being.

Old friends, we say, are best, when some sudden disillusionment shakes our faith in a new comrade.

A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.

Treasure is stored in the ruined places. Do not break the hearts of the poor and heartbroken people