It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.

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.

Great leaders never sought followers but follower seek them

May God give you inner peace, joy and happiness.

One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.

The soul...is audible, not visible.

I don't think I'd ever reject anyone.

I don't go to church so much, the way my life is, but it's in me every day.

When you love someone, you have to be with them, don't you? To be part of their life, to have them be part of yours." Glory in Death

The single biggest reason I got my stories taken in various literary magazines - and I want to stress this - is because I refused to give up. Period.

I am someone that is very competitive. When I'm on the field, I compete. When I'm practicing, when I'm in meetings. I'm a competitor in everything.

Never be too absorbed by your own ambitions to encourage those of your family.