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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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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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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Sometimes, you have to give up. Sometimes, knowing when to give up, when to try something else, is genius. Giving up doesn’t mean stopping. Don’t ever stop. — Phil Knight

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The day we stop resisting our instincts, we'll have learned how to live.

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Everybody fails, its no big deal. Its what being human is. Dont let that stop you from taking risks.- Katty Kay

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The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press. - Ida B. Wells

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Great things happen to those who don't stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful. - Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

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The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival. - Ida B. Wells

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The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come. ― Jodi Picoult

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