One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.

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.

Failure: the renewable resource.

We need to kind of refresh our fear in order to refresh our understanding of how a safe place works.

Religion should be a source for reconciliation, for tolerance and for empathy.

I seriously started drinking probably when I was about twelve. Kids are doing a lot of stuff very early.

I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is perishable.

By finding waste and abuse in entitlement programs, and eliminating it, we can ensure that the funds that are put into these programs go to the people that need them the most.

I went through a divorce right as we were starting the show. My divorce became final right after we started shooting the first year, and during that time I was in such a low place.

And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.

I identify with the 99 per cent.

Jay-Z's my favorite rapper, but why can't I aspire to be better than him?