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W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: There may often be excuse for doing things poorly in this world, but there is never any excuse for calling a poorly done thing, well done. There may often be excuse for doing things poorly in this world, but there is never any excuse for calling a poorly done thing, well done.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Children learn more from what you are than what you teach. Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage. Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: From this we may conclude that it behooves nations as well as men to do things at the very moment when they ought to be done. From this we may conclude that it behooves nations as well as men to do things at the very moment when they ought to be done.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: It is the stars, it is the ancient stars, it is the young and everlasting stars! It is the stars, it is the ancient stars, it is the young and everlasting stars!
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: America is not another word for Opportunity to all her sons. America is not another word for Opportunity to all her sons.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Would America have been America without her Negro people? Would America have been America without her Negro people?
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Liberty trains for liberty. Responsibility is the first step in responsibility. Liberty trains for liberty. Responsibility is the first step in responsibility.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life. Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: I believe that all men, black, brown, and white, are brothers. I believe that all men, black, brown, and white, are brothers.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Half the Christian churches of New York are trying to ruin the free public schools in order to replace them by religious dogma. Half the Christian churches of New York are trying to ruin the free public schools in order to replace them by religious dogma.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even peace. There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even peace.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known. If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Reader, be assured this narrative is no fiction. Reader, be assured this narrative is no fiction.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships. To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: In all things purely social we can be as separate as the five fingers, and yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress. In all things purely social we can be as separate as the five fingers, and yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained. There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The slavery of Negroes in the South was not usually a deliberately cruel and oppressive system. It did not mean systematic starvation or murder. The slavery of Negroes in the South was not usually a deliberately cruel and oppressive system. It did not mean systematic starvation or murder.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: To the real question, How does it feel to be a problem? I answer seldom a word. To the real question, How does it feel to be a problem? I answer seldom a word.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Whiteness is ownership of the earth. Whiteness is ownership of the earth.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The world is shrinking together; it is finding itself neighbor to itself in strange, almost magic degree. The world is shrinking together; it is finding itself neighbor to itself in strange, almost magic degree.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: For education among all kinds of men always has had, and always will have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and discontent. For education among all kinds of men always has had, and always will have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and discontent.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The dark world is going to submit to its present treatment just as long as it must and not one moment longer. The dark world is going to submit to its present treatment just as long as it must and not one moment longer.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Liberty trains for liberty. Liberty trains for liberty.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The Talented Tenth of the Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people. The Talented Tenth of the Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities. Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: How hard a thing is life to the lowly, and yet how human and real! How hard a thing is life to the lowly, and yet how human and real!
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense. Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: But the very voices that cry hail to this good work are, strange to relate, largely silent or antagonistic to the higher education of the Negro. But the very voices that cry hail to this good work are, strange to relate, largely silent or antagonistic to the higher education of the Negro.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Education and work are the levers to uplift a people. Education and work are the levers to uplift a people.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life. Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: We cannot escape the clear fact that what is going to win in this world is reason, if this ever becomes a reasonable world. We cannot escape the clear fact that what is going to win in this world is reason, if this ever becomes a reasonable world.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Only in the chamber of death writhed the world's most piteous thing - a childless mother. Only in the chamber of death writhed the world's most piteous thing - a childless mother.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: With growing exploitation, until they fought slavery to save democracy and then lost democracy in a new and vaster slavery. With growing exploitation, until they fought slavery to save democracy and then lost democracy in a new and vaster slavery.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: As a race, the Negroes are not lazy. As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Men must not only know, they must act. Men must not only know, they must act.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know. There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: My autobiography is a digressive illustration and exemplification of what race has meant in the world in the 19th and 20th centuries. My autobiography is a digressive illustration and exemplification of what race has meant in the world in the 19th and 20th centuries.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The most ordinary Negro is a distinct gentleman, but it takes extraordinary training and opportunity to make the average white man anything but a hog. The most ordinary Negro is a distinct gentleman, but it takes extraordinary training and opportunity to make the average white man anything but a hog.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The "Paz" was an armed slaver flying the American flag. The "Paz" was an armed slaver flying the American flag.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: its police system was arranged to deal with blacks alone, and tacitly assumed that every white man was ipso facto a member of that police. its police system was arranged to deal with blacks alone, and tacitly assumed that every white man was ipso facto a member of that police.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: I was born free. I was born free.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense,else what shall save us from a second slavery? The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense,
else what shall save us from a second slavery?
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: I insist that the object of all true education is not to make men carpenters, it is to make carpenters men. I insist that the object of all true education is not to make men carpenters, it is to make carpenters men.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln. In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: We shall never secure emancipation from the tyranny of the white oppressor until we have achieved it in our own souls. We shall never secure emancipation from the tyranny of the white oppressor until we have achieved it in our own souls.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The cause of war is preparation for war. The cause of war is preparation for war.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again. A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Education is the development of power and ideal. Education is the development of power and ideal.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The time must come when, great and pressing as change and betterment may be, they do not involve killing and hurting people. The time must come when, great and pressing as change and betterment may be, they do not involve killing and hurting people.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness. We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Only that saner selfishness, which Education teaches men, can find the rights of all in the whirl of work. Only that saner selfishness, which Education teaches men, can find the rights of all in the whirl of work.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: He began to have a dim feeling that, to attain his place in the world, he must be himself, and not another. He began to have a dim feeling that, to attain his place in the world, he must be himself, and not another.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: I am one who tells the truth and exposes evil and seeks with Beauty for Beauty to set the world right. I am one who tells the truth and exposes evil and seeks with Beauty for Beauty to set the world right.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The kind of sermon which is preached in most colored churches is not today attractive to even fairly intelligent men. The kind of sermon which is preached in most colored churches is not today attractive to even fairly intelligent men.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery. Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Rich and bitter depth of their experience, the Rich and bitter depth of their experience, the
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime. Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: As Negro voting increased, Congress got an improved sense of hearing. As Negro voting increased, Congress got an improved sense of hearing.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Harriet Tubman fought American slavery single handed and was a pioneer in that organized effort known as the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman fought American slavery single handed and was a pioneer in that organized effort known as the Underground Railroad.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong. I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights. North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: I add that I who speak here am bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh of them that live within the veil. I add that I who speak here am bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh of them that live within the veil.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty and if she is not, the mob pouts and asks querulously, 'What else are women for? The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty and if she is not, the mob pouts and asks querulously, 'What else are women for?
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: My great-grandfather fought with the Colonial Army in New England in the American Revolution. My great-grandfather fought with the Colonial Army in New England in the American Revolution.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: If the unemployed could eat plans and promises, they would be able to spend the winter on the Riviera. If the unemployed could eat plans and promises, they would be able to spend the winter on the Riviera.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: If white people need colleges to furnish teachers, ministers, lawyers, and doctors, do black people need nothing of the sort? If white people need colleges to furnish teachers, ministers, lawyers, and doctors, do black people need nothing of the sort?
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion. The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States. Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: But what of black women? ... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire. But what of black women? ... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Ignorance is a cure for nothing. Ignorance is a cure for nothing.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction. Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves. I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression. The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: We have come to a generation which seeks advance without ideals - discovery without stars. We have come to a generation which seeks advance without ideals - discovery without stars.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: I had a happy childhood and acceptance in the community. I had a happy childhood and acceptance in the community.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself. Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: I am a Bolshevik. I am a Bolshevik.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: It is African scholars themselves who will create the ultimate Encyclopaedia Africana. It is African scholars themselves who will create the ultimate Encyclopaedia Africana.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Race prejudice decreases values, both real estate and human. Race prejudice decreases values, both real estate and human.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: If you want to feel humor too exquisite and subtle for translation, sit invisibly among a gang of Negro workers. If you want to feel humor too exquisite and subtle for translation, sit invisibly among a gang of Negro workers.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: A true and worthy ideal frees and uplifts a people; a false ideal imprisons and lowers. A true and worthy ideal frees and uplifts a people; a false ideal imprisons and lowers.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires. To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Then, as the storm burst round him, herose slowly to his feet and turned his closed eyes toward the Sea.And the world whistled in his ears. Then, as the storm burst round him, he
rose slowly to his feet and turned his closed eyes toward the Sea.
And the world whistled in his ears.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too. I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Disfranchisement is the deliberate theft and robbery of the only protection of poor against rich and black against white. Disfranchisement is the deliberate theft and robbery of the only protection of poor against rich and black against white.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Lord, make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world beautiful for us. Lord, make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world beautiful for us.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The true college will ever have but one goal - not to earn meat, but to know the end and aim of that life which meat nourishes. The true college will ever have but one goal - not to earn meat, but to know the end and aim of that life which meat nourishes.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line. The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame. The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills. A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: Make yourself do unpleasant things so as to gain the upper hand of your soul. Make yourself do unpleasant things so as to gain the upper hand of your soul.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: The price of culture is a Lie. The price of culture is a Lie.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: All life long crying without avail, As the water all night long is crying to me. All life long crying without avail, As the water all night long is crying to me.
W.E.B. Du Bois quotes: [C] an any sane man imagine that they will lightly lay aside their yearning and contentedly become he were of wood and drawers of water? [C] an any sane man imagine that they will lightly lay aside their yearning and contentedly become he were of wood and drawers of water?

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