This has ever been the fate of energy in security; it takes to art and to eroticism, and then comes languor and decay.

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.

What I become is the grace of belief.

This is the day that everything can change for you.

I've never been an all-black girl. I like pinks and blues and greens. If you come over to my closet, you'll be able to find a rainbow of things to wear.

Remember why you are here and why you are alive. Have faith in your dreams no matter how far they might seem.

Some people think I'm mean, until they get to know me.

I eat junk food, cheesecake, cheese, pizza - but just lower amounts of it.

If I don't feel the same hunger as I once did then I definitely shouldn't box any more.

Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action.

We can't think of any better way of becoming our best selves, than by finding something we're great at!

Next year we have to be even better. If we want to be a big club this has to be one of many.