We live in a world of unused and misapplied knowledge and skill.

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.

We might do well to take a look at what we’ve crammed into our pockets as it will say much about what we’ve crammed into our hearts.

Sometimes I only hope to make a good popcorn movie.

What else should we do with the Word of God but obey?

Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step.

When it snows in your nose, you catch cold in your brain.

In France a woman will not go to sleep until she has talked over affairs of state with her lover or her husband.

But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world.

Perhaps our teachings seem less religious and more technical, like psychology, so they are easier for secular people to use.

As soon as something becomes art I think you get over the fear

A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man.