No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dig... - Ida B. Wells

"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."

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Investigative Journalist American 1862–1931

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"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."

"I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap."

"Tell the truth and the devil take the hindmost."

"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."

"Hard work never killed anybody."

"Work with purpose and integrity."

"Hard work pays off in the end."

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."