The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South. - Ida B. Wells

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I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy. — Marie Curie

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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms. - Ida B. Wells

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The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder. - Ida B. Wells

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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

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Children should neither be seen nor heard from – ever again. ― W. C. Fields

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A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.

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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense. - Ida B. Wells

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People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily. - Zig Ziglar

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I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon. - Ida B. Wells

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