The Athenian democracy suffered much from that narrowness of patriotism which is the ruin of all nations.

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.

If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you will be saved.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Stories are just lies made to look like truth.

Will you be able to touch me again without thinking about Sean? I don't want you to be disgusted by me.

I knew what I had to do as party leader had to be sensible and relate to the real situation we were in, rather than a situation you would like to have.

I've figured out my learning curve. I can look at something and somehow know exactly how long it will take for me to learn it.

A great leader makes what is visible in their mind, visible to all.

My religion is the Earth, man. I believe in trees.

I don’t remember most of the injuries, there have been too many.

Fear Allah, for that is fortune; indifference to Allah is misfortune.