Ignorance is not an extension of time

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.

Listen to your heart, not your head.

I am a very shy, introverted guy.

I don't see why it's impossible to express everything that's on one's mind.

When you care more if someone else lives than you do about yourself- is that what [love is]?

Half of my heart’s got a grip on the situation, half of my heart takes time.

Knowledge—like a nail—is made load-bearing by being driven in. If it's not driven deep enough, it will break when any weight is put upon it.

I Rushed to get back before it was time.

The fundamental grey which differentiates the masters, expresses them and is the soul of all colour.

I knew what I wanted to do even when I was a little girl.

We had become those guys... who started a fight... at a Harry Potter book party.