No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

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.

Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.

Pessimists try to convince you the world sucks, optimists already know it does and smile anyway.

The best thing in life is life itself.

I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work.

Great leaders must be able to realize when something isn’t working-no matter how hard they’ve worked to make it succeed.

Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their liberties.

We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention.

Touring is a favorite part of what I do. I love connecting with the fans in that immediate way.

I am proudly a liberal. I am also patriotic, reasonable, pro-American, and stand for family values.

I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!