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More Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois
Ignorance is a cure for nothing.
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.
There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even peace.
There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know.
The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion.
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.
No universal selfishness can bring social good to all.
I believe that all men, black and brown, and white, are brothers, varying, through Time and Opportunity, in form and gift and feature, but differing in no essential particular, and alike in soul and in the possibility of infinite development.
Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
The cause of war is preparation for war.
