All Ida B. Wells Quotes
- One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap. Better
- The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. Inspirational
- The miscegenation laws of the South only operate against the legitimate union of the races; they leave the white man free to seduce all the… Advances
- There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms. Arms
- In slave times the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scourging, but, with freedom, a new system of… Came
- No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States  of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting,… Alleged
- 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… Avails
- I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by… Embellish
- The white man’s victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder. Became
- The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American. Afro
- A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, Black
- 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… Coming
- 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… Already Determined
- There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it. African American
- The appetite grows for what it feeds on. Appetite
- The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race… Commission
- In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without… All
- The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse the… Afro
- The Afro-American is not a bestial race. Afro
- The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense. Afro