The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action.

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.

The greatest thing about me isn’t even a part of me. It’s you.

God is never angry for His sake, only for ours.

I was so ready to become a mom. Actually, I was ready secondarily to become a mom. I was so ready to have the intimacy and commitment of marriage.

Right afterward I read Fast Food Nation. That book changed my life: It made me a vegetarian.

I like Israel. The fans are incredible. It was the best.

I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death.

If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.

End of the day, the quick and the dead are the same. Everyone's just looking for home.

If a man does away with his traditional way of living and throws away his good customs, he had better first make certain that he has something of value to replace them.

I long To hear the story of your life, which must Take the ear strangely.