The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.

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.

When you achieve higher consciousness you will not achieve anything, but you will lose everything that is not important and is not yours.

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

I think just letting go is a really good thing to do in many areas of your life, songwriting included.

I never want to think or write about the topic again when I'm finished with it.

If you kneel before God, you will stand before men.

I think small groups have more collective wisdom than an individual.

A democracy barely functions under the neoliberal system.

To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ.

The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business.

Pity is sworn servant unto love: And this be sure, wherever it begin To make the way, it lets your master in.