...instead of offering me a Garibaldi biscuit, she asked me with that faint lisp of hers, to 'have some squashed flies, George'.

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.

I enjoy melancholic music and art. They take me to places I don't normally get to go.

You’re stuck with me.”She sniffled. “Promise?”He rested his forehead against hers. “Cross my heart.

There were certain qualities you possessed carelessly. And you couldn't retrieve them when they were gone. The very act of caring made them impossible to regain.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

I can admit there are some problems in hip hop but it is only a reflection of what's taking place in our society. Hip hop is sick because America is sick.

I'm not an anarchist. I believe in government.

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

Outside are the storms and strangers: we — Oh, close, safe, warm sleep I and she, — I and she!

People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.

If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.