The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.

Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things.

Great God of wonders:God has always acted in my point of need.

Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.

Briefer is better, so learn to write tight

I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.

Even small efforts to bring about a change in the social fabric eventually reap large fruits.

I just like living in certain atmospheres. Or I just like people as they are.

I can wear a sexy dress to any red carpet event. My wedding is my chance to go all the way and wear a princess silhouette.

I don't listen to people who can't do stuff that I do.

Anyone can make a good roast chicken.