Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery . . . is his natural and normal condition.

The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war.

Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever.

All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly.

Davis was weak and vascillating, timid, petulant, peevish, obstinate, but not firm.

[My father] said Don't grow up to be a woman and what he meant by that was a housewife ... without any interests.

We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right.

Next time I will ..." "From now on I will ..." - What makes me think I am wiser today than I will be tomorrow?

When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy.

There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension.

You have to start thinking a little differently as an actor.

The nature of illusion is that, when you see through it, it disappears.

In journalism, especially, we tend to deal with large, complex systems by finding especially interesting people and story lines to focus on.

I would like to step out of my heart and go walking beneath the enormous sky.

It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world.