The man who raises a fist has run out of ideas.

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.

Let's try living our lives by not letting our minds be ruled by materialistic elements.

We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that all of us are in some form of the arts.

From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.

Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

Celine Dion is my major inspiration.

Gypsy [Rose Lee ] was a masterful storyteller, and her memoir and by extension, the musical weren't only Gypsy's monument; they were also her chance for monumental revisionism.

We could not bring democracy to South Vietnam at a cost that we were willing to accept. So it was a disaster. That' is the left extreme.

Love is the ultimate, the end. You love for love's own sake. It is not a means to anything else, it is its own end.

You are unfortunately most of the time defined by your success, when your success is not a major part of your personality.