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More Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois
There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise
Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.
Begin with art, because art tries to take us outside ourselves. It is a matter of trying to create an atmosphere and context so conversation can flow back and forth and we can be influenced by each other.
Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime.
Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done.
Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.
To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.
To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience.
