Night, the mother of fear and mystery, was coming upon me.

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.

At the end of our lives, nothing remains except memories.

He felt Anna's hand slip into his and he grasped it hard. It was reassuring, soft, comforting. Everything he needed in that moment.

There are many reasons to be simple. It’s simply to learn effectively, to work positively, to communicate actively and to live successfully.

Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

The union of the states is indissoluble; the country is undivided and indivisible forever.

I never lie- except for the few times I do in fact lie, but it's never intentional, and i'm totally telling the truth right now" She raised her right hand "promise".

To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater challenge.

Take imagination breaks... Relaxed attention is one of the most important states of mind for creativity, and sometimes it has to be learned.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.