"The cost of liberty is less than the…" — W. E. B. Du Bois
"The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression."
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113 Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois has 113 quotes on this site.
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Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
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But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness…
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A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit…
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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the…
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It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others,…
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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals…
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
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When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words…
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If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not…
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Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.
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A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.
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Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
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You must change in order to survive.
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I do consider myself part of black history.
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Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain…
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Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your…
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
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Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is…
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I have a dream, and a plan, to combine the commercial possibilities of Valentine's Day with the substance and meaning…
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They oughtta change Black History Month to Black Progress Month and start measuring it.
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This being Black History Month, I would like to ask people to celebrate the similarities and not focus on the…
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Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel…
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Whilst so much is being done in the world, to ameliorate the condition of mankind, and the spirit of Freedom…
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