“ 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. ”

“ The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled. ”

“ I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon. ”

“ 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. ”

“ The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American. ”