The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice

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 feeling of abandonment overwhelmed me as I realised that no one had waited, or cared where I was.

Woman, the child of so many tears shall never perish.

In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar.

Patience with family members and others who are close to us is vital for us to have happy homes.

I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.

These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.

Beyond violating our laws, visa overstays, pose - and they really are a big problem, pose a substantial threat to national security.

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.

Childhood candor... shall I ever find you again?

If there is any trouble within your heart - be free, in the name of Jesus Christ