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More Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois
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.
The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion.
Oppression costs the oppressor too much if the oppressed stands up and protests. The protest need not be merely physical-the throwing of stones and bullets-if it is mental, spiritual; if it expresses itself in silent, persistent dissatisfaction, the cost to the oppressor is terrific.
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
The favorite device of the devil, ancient and modern, is to force a human being into a more or less artificial class, accuse the class of unnamed and unnameable sin, and then damn any individual in the alleged class, however innocent he may be.
Men must not only know, they must act.
The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.
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.
It is the wind and the rain, O God, the cold and the storm that make this earth of yours to blossom and bear its fruit. So in our lives it is storm and stress and hurt and suffering that make real men and women bring the world's work to its highest perfection.
Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.
