By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.
I honestly believe I am the only woman in the United States who ever traveled throughout the country with a nursing baby to make political speeches.
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 lesson this teaches and which every Afro-American should ponder well, is that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give. When the white man who is always the aggressor knows he runs as great a risk of biting the dust every time his Afro-American victim does, he will have greater respect for Afro-American life. The more the Afro-American yields and cringes and begs, the more he has to do so, the more he is insulted, outraged and lynched.
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.
So, this is to everybody who's ever had a struggle in life being yourself. I think that the most beautiful thing a human being can do is just be who you are inside. So please, everybody, just be yourselves and encourage everyone else to do the same.
In a pure anonymous encounter you find a world alive and full of character. In New York, the street adventures are incredible. There are a thousand stories in a single block. You see the stories in people's faces. You hear the songs immediately. Here, in Los Angeles, there are fewer characters because they are all inside automobiles.
Vienna is the gate to Eastern Europe.
Jesus has been in my room. He has taken my hand and told me, No, Not now. I have other things for you to do.