I think God rarely gives to one man or one set of men more than one great moral victory to win.

If, while I hear the wild shriek of the slave mother robbed of her little ones, I do not open my mouth, am I not guilty?

Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things.

We ask only for justice and equal rights-the right to vote, the right to our own earnings, equality before the law.

I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.

A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost

To make the public sentiment on the side of all that is just and true and noble is the highest use of life.

I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.

The road before us is shorter than the road behind.

It is time we gave man faith in woman -- and, still more, woman faith in herself.

It is very little to me to have the right to vote, to own property, etc., if I may not keep my body, and its uses, in my absolute right

Sadly, it seems that I have the proclivity to create plenty of devils, but most of the time I don’t even go looking for angels.

It is human nature for self-doubt to occasionally creep in and take up residence. It happens to even the most successful people among us.

Leather and tattoos, they were his cover, and she wondered what she’d find when she unwrapped him.

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth.

I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism.

The depression brought everybody down a peg or two. And the Negroes had but few pegs to fall.

What do years have to do with age?

The most amusing thing about a pantomime horse is the necessity of having to shoot it twice.

In order not to end up like the masses out there who are merely wandering and unsure of their goals and dreams, your objective must be clear. When your purpose is clear, your life will have meaning.

By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band