One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction.

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.

Getting down to the gym a couple days a week and having low-fat milk in your morning latte isn’t going to make much of a dent in a system or lifestyle that is essentially, well, unwell.

Fundamental values (such as equality and human rights) should not be held hostage to some factual conjecture about blank slates that might be refuted tomorrow.

People really like to listen to other people talk; sometimes listening is the only thing you can do.

He who have two grounds of trust is lost!

I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we're fine with it.

It's just all about opportunities, knocking doors down and see who answers.

Misery loves company. There's a lot to that.

You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability.

. . . dogma is less useful than cow dung. One can make whatever one likes out of it, even revisionism. . . .

ʺThings are going to get worse before they get better, arenʹt they?ʺ