Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice does not reason, or it would not be preju…

- William Pickens

To cheapen the lives of any group of men [or women], cheapens the lives of all men [and women], even our own. This is a law of human psychology, or h…

- William Pickens

The best time to do something is when it can be done.

- William Pickens

It is not the ought-ness of the problem that we have to consider, but the is-ness!

- William Pickens

Living together is an art.

- William Pickens

An insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed.

- William Pickens

. . . every age thinks it is perfect, especially in religion.

- William Pickens