Ida B. Wells Quotes

If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service.

Ida B. Wells

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931

Topics

WorkTimeJusticeServicePeople

I think people really want to be happy.

John Astin

HappyPeopleBe HappyThinkWant

I do have an older brother! But you know, he and I have always gotten along. We've always had different aspirations.

Jennifer Stone

BrotherYouKnowAlwaysDifferent

I have never liked Morrissey, and I still don't. I think it's hilarious, actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's really like, and his public persona is so different. He's such an actor.

Robert Smith

ThinkActorNeverHimThingsStill

I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.

Michael Connelly

QualityBelieveThinkAnythingLacks

I prefer to put myself in an environment that's further afield and look through the eyes of someone who differs from me in age, ethnicity, gender, and/or social class. I think a little displacement makes me a sharper observer.

Amor Towles

AgeEyesMyselfMeThinkSomeone

The key issue is not who is in charge but what. Russia's problem is constitutional. There is no division of powers. The judges, the police, and the legislature all work for the same people, and there is essentially no trial by jury. As a result, anyone can be arrested and accused of anything, and conviction is almost guaranteed.

Robert Zubrin

WorkPolicePeopleKeyProblemJury

Often, when you're in some of these writing rooms for... and the most restrictive is network television, right? They say, 'Wow, that's a great joke, but we can't do that. Okay, let's try the second joke. Oh, you can't do that one. But the third joke you can do,' and hopefully it will be great, but it will remind people of what the joke really was.

Jay Chandrasekhar

GreatPeopleWritingYouTelevision

I'd love to have done more film, but you can't have everything.

Diana Rigg

LoveYouDoneMoreEverythingFilm

The vast majority of A.D.A.s put everything on the line to make sure justice is served. That's what I love about prosecutors and the New York police.

Diane Neal

LoveJusticePoliceNew YorkNew

One newspaper even published one of my nude paintings - the one of me naked from the waste up.

Cleo Moore

MeNewspaperNakedUpWasteEven

Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.

Aung San Suu Kyi

SufferingWorldFiresAroundStrife

As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.

Peter Snell

GoldWinPotentialCareerLucky

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