I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people. - Ida B. Wells

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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense. - Ida B. Wells

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Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob. - Ida B. Wells

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The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard. ― Gaylord Nelson

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In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same. - Ida B. Wells

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Always let your conscience be your guide. – Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio

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To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.

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The chief problem in any community cursed with crime is not the punishment of the criminals, but the preventing of the young from being trained to crime.

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Always let your conscience be your guide. — Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio

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Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so. - Ida B. Wells

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