A world view is probably an expression of self.
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.
I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit.
The despotism of custom is on the wane. We are not content to know that things are; we ask whether they ought to be.
What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.
For a while after college, I was thinking of becoming a fitness trainer, and I am a certified aqua trainer.
It pays no matter what comes after it, to try and do things, to accomplish things in this life and not merely to have a soft and pleasant time.