Ida B. Wells quote: "What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party."

Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, the...
IDA B. WELLS

The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities.
IDA B. WELLS

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

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

Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orde...
IDA B. WELLS

The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of ...
IDA B. WELLS

The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
IDA B. WELLS

The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.
IDA B. WELLS

I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have somet...
IDA B. WELLS

I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday...
IDA B. WELLS

The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distribu...
IDA B. WELLS

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and wo...
IDA B. WELLS

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.
IDA B. WELLS

The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negr...
IDA B. WELLS

No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability ...
IDA B. WELLS

Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound ...
IDA B. WELLS

Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst...
IDA B. WELLS

The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dare...
IDA B. WELLS

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

If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscien...
IDA B. WELLS

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made...
IDA B. WELLS

The Afro-American is not a bestial race.
IDA B. WELLS

The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
IDA B. WELLS

The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by w...
IDA B. WELLS

Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to ...
IDA B. WELLS

The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.
IDA B. WELLS

If your not prepared, your late. (5/5/2013 radio show)
JOHN B. WELLS

A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
IDA TARBELL

That's one of the things I resent the most violently. To have to take your own life and give it ...
IDA LUPINO

Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers.
IDA LUPINO

I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
IDA LUPINO

I didn't see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.
IDA LUPINO

You cannot play naive if you're not.
IDA LUPINO

I take a script and mull over it and underline the bits I want to emphasize. When I go to the set, I...
IDA LUPINO

Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.
IDA LUPINO

I had no desire to crash a man's world.
IDA LUPINO

Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
IDA LUPINO

Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females.
IDA LUPINO

I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers.
IDA LUPINO

I never wrote just straight women's roles. I liked the strong characters. I don't mean women...
IDA LUPINO

'The Sea Wolf' is the story of a man who believes only in brute force. He is so firm in beli...
IDA LUPINO

I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.
IDA LUPINO

I'm mad, they say. I am temperamental and dizzy and disagreeable. Well, let them talk. I can tak...
IDA LUPINO

Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.
IDA LUPINO

The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else - men, guns...
IDA TARBELL

There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working t...
IDA TARBELL

Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists - with it all things are possible.
IDA TARBELL

Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn...
IDA LUPINO

I cannot tolerate fools - won't have anything to do with them. I only want to associate with bri...
IDA LUPINO

The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that respectable circle which knew a...
IDA TARBELL

I bet she likes it hard, from behind, probably likes to get spanked too. I mean, just look at her, s...
IDA LøKåS

A woman in show business isn't honest with herself... so how can she be honest with another woma...
IDA LUPINO

Christianity exceeds all other faiths in its power to deform and finally invert the mental process
IDA WHITE

We're asking Findus to stop buying and selling illegally caught fish ... There is plenty of legal co...
IDA UDOVIC

This constitutes a huge threat to the cod stocks, and that is very serious in the Barents Sea, which...
IDA UDOVIC

If the core CPI is above market consensus forecast of a rise of 0.4 percent year-on-year, this would...
HARRY IDA

If the core CPI is above market consensus forecast of a rise of 0.4 pct year-on-year, this would fue...
HARRY IDA

The yen rose earlier on a report that the Chinese yuan could be convertible on the capital account i...
HARRY IDA

This week's focus will be the January US consumer price index, due Wednesday, as the market is await...
HARRY IDA

Few market players here are willing to trade aggressively ... this is because of the US holiday toda...
HARRY IDA

We're waiting to meet with Findus, but we still have not received any answers from them.
IDA UDOVIC

It was almost as if he knew. But that didn't stop him. This is what he loved to do.
IDA TINGUELY

When I learned that, I knew it was a sign that he was OK and happy and had died doing what he loved.
IDA TINGUELY

This was a boy who had lost everything. Finally we persuaded him to take a basketball. We told him h...
IDA SCHOSSOW

This lady had left behind her little black book and it had everything in it. Her phone numbers, Soci...
IDA SCHOSSOW

He has a fan now.
IDA PERRY

We did a walk-through and I was like, 'This place is perfect.
IDA PERRY

It's always hard when you're looking at infrastructure projects, because you're always going to be o...
IDA CHONG

This is a new program that we announced earlier this year. We asked communities to submit their appl...
IDA CHONG

One of the things we were facing was the change of councils as a result of the municipal elections. ...
IDA CHONG

We were speaking with people who said it was cracking and leaking, and they were afraid it could fai...
IDA CHONG

Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form...
IDA PAULINE ROLF

There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produ...
IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE

Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we ar...
IDA R. WYLIE

An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
IDA P. ROLF

We must accept life for what it actually is -- a challenge to our quality without which we should ne...
IDA R. WYLIE

Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form...
IDA P. ROLF

Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we ar...
IDA ROSS WYLIE

Easter Because upon the first glad Easter day The stone that sealed His tomb was rolled away, So, t...
IDA NORTON MUNSON

Procrastination usually results in sorrowful regret. Today's duties put off until tomorrow give us a...
IDA SCOTT TAYLOR

She stood in the mirror portrait very near Margaret, close next to her, good as a mother or a friend...
IDA HATTEMER-HIGGINS

Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone;
and do not be troubled about the futu...
IDA SCOTT TAYLOR

In our family, mom and dad are Longhorns, our first two kids are Aggies and we're hoping our las...
BOB WELLS

I think you start hitting home runs, and you start getting caught up in seeing how far you can hit t...
VERNON WELLS

I remember the first time I played the triple-A Yankees when I was 20 years old, and Darryl Strawber...
VERNON WELLS

As hitters, I think we take for granted at times how good our hands are and just how much the value ...
VERNON WELLS

I guess my name was gonna be Michael Vernon Wells, and I came out, and my dad saw my nose. He always...
VERNON WELLS

I keep a lot of things inside. I don't like showing too much emotion. Early in the minor leagues...
VERNON WELLS

I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it'...
VERNON WELLS

I think hitting's just repetition. The more you hit, the better you're gonna get.
VERNON WELLS

You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
VERNON WELLS

My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could...
VERNON WELLS

If I'm going to wind up playing left, I want to be the best left fielder in the game. I'll w...
VERNON WELLS

If I could go the ballpark and play the game for three hours and then go home? It would be awesome. ...
VERNON WELLS

There's a fine line between playing through things and sitting out. I was always on the side of,...
VERNON WELLS

I got to the big leagues when I was 20. I thought I had it all figured out. Went to spring training ...
VERNON WELLS

You're going to fail. It's how you respond to that failure that kind of defines you as a per...
VERNON WELLS

I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
VERNON WELLS

Flowers heal me. Tulips make me happy. I keep myself surrounded by them as soon as they start coming...
REBECCA WELLS

A canner exceedingly canny
One morning remarked to his granny:

CAROLYN WELLS

We want to understand why healers became killers and use our understanding
as a guide for medi...
ALAN WELLS

[The presentations will focus on the role Nazi medical practices played in the development of medica...
ALAN WELLS

During the 1930s, the German medical establishment was admired as a world leader in innovative publi...
ALAN WELLS

Many of these Skills for Life qualifications are at level 2 and many of them are being gained by 16-...
ALAN WELLS

Many of the most important issues in medical ethics today - from genetic testing and stem cell resea...
ALAN WELLS

We want to understand why healers became killers and use our understanding as a guide for medicine ...
ALAN WELLS

We want to understand why healers became killers and use our understanding as a guide for medicine t...
ALAN WELLS

Adolf Hitler spoke of Germany as a body with himself as the doctor. He wanted to make Germany 'healt...
ALAN WELLS

Adolf Hitler spoke of Germany as a body with himself as the doctor, ... He wanted to make Germany 'h...
ALAN WELLS

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.
CAROLYN WELLS

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate -...
CAROLYN WELLS

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we...
CAROLYN WELLS

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;
The books that we would like to read...
CAROLYN WELLS

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
H.G. WELLS

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
CAROLYN WELLS

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
H.G. WELLS

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
BOB WELLS

I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once ...
VERNON WELLS

Just because a woman is over 50 does not mean she no longer has anything to offer. If anything, we h...
DAWN WELLS

As a writer, I am not goddess of the universes I create. I am at most a stage manager of the plentif...
REBECCA WELLS

It doesn’t matter what other people think when you’re right - John Cleaver
DAN WELLS

We're always open to community service work when someone causes damage or slips up.
ANDY WELLS

We investigated a report from the victim as late as yesterday afternoon,
ANDY WELLS

First responding units reported that when they arrived the rear of the unit was fully engulfed, and ...
ANDY WELLS

We always have a large local turnout and people traveling the bluegrass circuit.
ANDY WELLS

We're having a lot of local bands this year, ... Deeply rooted music, from deep in the Valley.
ANDY WELLS

to me it's hard-work, he works very hard to achieve what he wants.
ANDY WELLS

The idea behind it was, 'How do you shut this man up?' ... I guess the only way is to stuff somethin...
ANDY WELLS

Caro remembered how it was to lie so unself-consciously next to her best friends. Her aging body rec...
REBECCA WELLS

When they hit, they hit the long ball.
ANN WELLS

This is a mark of success for Chief Stilwell as well as for the City of Jemison for its support of t...
ANN WELLS

It really helps to talk to people who have been through the same experience.
ANN WELLS

I'm a firm believer in volunteering - in making a difference in your community.
ANN WELLS

There's truths you have to grow into.
H.G. WELLS

Hello, Bradley,' said Mom. She'd regained her composure after my outburst, and now raised her camera...
DAN WELLS

We wanted to make some meaningful centennial donations, both for us and the province.
ALLAN WELLS

He went into business by himself in 1905, on the anniversary of our centennial,
ALLAN WELLS

They are the true stars of Alberta.
ALLAN WELLS

It's been our good fortune to work with these community groups,
ALLAN WELLS

I'm not going to sit here and bash the manager, we have to regroup.
DAVID WELLS

If you go far enough back, your genome connects you with bacteria, butterflies, and barracuda - the ...
SPENCER WELLS

I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it w...
JOHN WELLS

Our true nationality is mankind.
H.G. WELLS

It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, dan...
H.G. WELLS

He began to realize that you cannot even fight happily with creatures that stand upon a different me...
H.G. WELLS

There is something very freeing about being anonymous because nothing is expected of you; nothing is...
DOLLY WELLS

It turns out that every person alive today can trace his or her ancestry back to Africa. Everyone...
SPENCER WELLS

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
CAROLYN WELLS

I have had a passion for football since junior high,
BRIAN WELLS

We really do consider ourselves caretakers of the organization and of a tradition. Almost everyone w...
BRIAN WELLS

These are two shows that our patrons ask to see most. We wanted to offer them both in celebration of...
BRIAN WELLS

It's just the funniest show I've seen on Broadway in years. People might resist it at first because ...
BRIAN WELLS

I don't have much time. I'm not lying.
BRIAN WELLS

For the past two years, my brother has been portrayed as a bank robber, mentally disturbed, suicidal...
BRIAN WELLS

This show gives us a chance to revisit the theater's past while giving our patrons something they've...
BRIAN WELLS

San Diegans are people who like outdoor entertainment. We go to the zoo, the park, the theater. Life...
BRIAN WELLS

We're looking for the guy who is a bit smaller, and is a fast runner, ... Everything in the indoor g...
BRIAN WELLS

I was two small to be a lineman and to slow to be skills position player, some players like me just ...
BRIAN WELLS

This is the Olympic gold for them.
BRUCE WELLS

I wish my art form created the emotional fervor that this thing does. We struggle with our ticket sa...
BRUCE WELLS

Football is just not my thing. But I'd like to see Seattle win. It's better for the city.
BRUCE WELLS

[Artifacts, whether publications or oil field equipment, are] the physical manifestation of dreams, ...
BRUCE WELLS

Much of oil history remains neglected,
BRUCE WELLS

Links to the Past: the Importance of Oil History Collections,
BRUCE WELLS

New cars are cheaper, ... The trade-in's going to be cheaper. The resale is going to be less.
BRUCE WELLS

The market has never been like this before,
BRUCE WELLS

As a journalist, I was covering the industry and learning the technology and that always meant findi...
BRUCE WELLS

This is so unique and it is nice to focus on something that is such a noble deed. Here this woman co...
BRUCE WELLS

I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Extras' and also 'The Trip.' That had all...
DOLLY WELLS

I walk into a room, and there's Mrs. Higgins.
BRYAN WELLS

We work every week on passing the ball in practice. Obviously we're more comfortable running, but if...
BRYAN WELLS

Last year is over and done with. Both teams are over .500. The fans can expect a good game, but don'...
BRYAN WELLS

The defense stepping up like it did was everything. They are a tough team to shut down. We knew we h...
BRYAN WELLS

Our defense played well, and it's been playing well all year long. It carried us again (Friday), and...
BRYAN WELLS

They like the deep ball so we're going to have to step up big. We need a sound game offensively and ...
BRYAN WELLS

[...] Mom’s not keeping me out because it’s a dead friend, she’s keeping me out because it’s...
DAN WELLS

I am more fond of achieving than striving. My theories must prove to be facts or be discarded as wor...
CAROLYN WELLS

In my biology class, we'd talked about the definition of life: to be classified as a living creature...
DAN WELLS

The speaker packages are hanging on scaffolding and pointed right at the audience. It's not necessar...
BRAD WELLS

She was always happy. She always made everyone around her happy.
BRAD WELLS

We're only going to complement the landscape of entertainment in Richmond.
BRAD WELLS

Aggressively, we'd like to open before the end of 2006. We've got a great theater shell. There's a l...
BRAD WELLS

Our kids were focused about turning it around.
BRADY WELLS

We came out and shot the ball very well. Our guys are starting to figure out their roles. I think we...
BRADY WELLS

That's our game. With our tempo we're going to give up some points.
BRADY WELLS

When he gets hit (in the face), it hurts. He's tough.
BRADY WELLS

We knew coming in it was going to be a challenge. We got some balance tonight.
BRADY WELLS

We hung tough for a half, but they really turned it up in the second half. The third quarter broke t...
BRADY WELLS

We got our tempo going, our transition was good and we attacked the basket well.
BRADY WELLS

They answered every run we had. We just couldn't get over the hump.
BRADY WELLS

It doesn't seem to bother him. He's still able to get the ball in the basket.
BRADY WELLS

Early in the game we got them in our pace, and our pressure was effective.
BRADY WELLS

With income from grain crops, farmers will have about a normal income. But we are looking at farm in...
BOB WELLS

It's been the fuel costs that have hurt farmers more than anything. For example, the increased costs...
BOB WELLS

We found the ladies who have lot of hands-on experience will pair with the ones who don't. And, some...
BOB WELLS

On the one hand, we'd like to have the option of extending probation beyond just two years, but requ...
BOB WELLS

Many new teachers that we hire are actually ready to earn permanent status after their second year. ...
BOB WELLS

The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is ...
BOB WELLS

This has been the thorniest issue that has kept sticking around to cause him political grief. He nee...
BOB WELLS

It's like your employer telling you that instead of a raise, he'll just hand you 20 bucks every now ...
BOB WELLS

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.

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