The world needs something stronger than any possible rebellion against its peace. In other words it needs a federal world government embodying a new conception of human life as one whole.

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.

The perennial sadness of a girl who is both death and the maiden.

When you read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before.

I've been blessed to have an amazing mom and two amazing sisters - so they set a very high standard.

Leap hearts to lips, and in our kisses meet.

Our feelings are energy, so when you find the energy you want you can attach it to a desire.

Art matters not merely because it is the most magnificent ornament and the most nearly unfailing occupation of our lives, but because it is life itself.

Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.

Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.

O tequila, savage water of sorcery, what confusion and mischief your sly, rebellious drops do generate

There's more to life than physical and material.