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W E B Du Bois Quotes

I refused to teach Sunday school. When Archdeacon Henry Phillips, my last rector, died, I flatly refused again to join any church or sign any church creed. From my 30th year on I have increasingly regarded the church as an institution which defended such evils as slavery, color caste, exploitation of labor and war Picture Quote #1

Life has its pains and evils-its bitter disappointments; but like a good novel and in healthful length of days, there is infinite joy in seeing the World, the most interesting of continued stories, unfold Picture Quote #1

To the real question, How does it feel to be a problem? I answer seldom a word Picture Quote #1

And yet not a dream, but a mighty reality- a glimpse of the higher life, the broader possibilities of humanity, which is granted to the man who, amid the rush and roar of living, pauses four short years to learn what living means Picture Quote #1

The Negro cannot stand the present reactionary tendencies and unreasoning drawing of the color line indefinitely without discouragement and retrogression. And the condition of the Negro is ever the cause for further discrimination Picture Quote #1

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings Picture Quote #1

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Race prejudice decreases values both real estate and human; crime, ignorance and filth decrease values Picture Quote #1

Whiteness is ownership of the earth Picture Quote #1

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach Picture Quote #1

I believe that all men, black, brown, and white, are brothers Picture Quote #1

Ignorance is a cure for nothing Picture Quote #1

A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself Picture Quote #1

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No universal selfishness can bring social good to all Picture Quote #1

A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect Picture Quote #1

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise Picture Quote #1

The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line Picture Quote #1

Race prejudice decreases values, both real estate and human Picture Quote #1

The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression Picture Quote #1

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Liberty trains for liberty Picture Quote #1

A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again Picture Quote #1

The cause of war is preparation for war Picture Quote #1

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships Picture Quote #1

I believe that there are human stocks with whom it is physically unwise to intermarry, but to think that these stocks are all colored or that there are no such white stocks is unscientific and false Picture Quote #1

The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame Picture Quote #1

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The dark world is going to submit to its present treatment just as long as it must and not one moment longer Picture Quote #1

The chief problem in any community cursed with crime is not the punishment of the criminals, but the preventing of the young from being trained to crime Picture Quote #1

Disfranchisement is the deliberate theft and robbery of the only protection of poor against rich and black against white Picture Quote #1

Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life Picture Quote #1

Liberty trains for liberty. Responsibility is the first step in responsibility Picture Quote #1

To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires Picture Quote #1

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I refused to teach Sunday school. When Archdeacon Henry Phillips, my last rector, died, I flatly refused again to join any church or sign any church creed. From my 30th year on I have increasingly regarded the church as an institution which defended such evils as slavery, color caste, exploitation of labor and war (W E B Du Bois Quotes) Life has its pains and evils-its bitter disappointments; but like a good novel and in healthful length of days, there is infinite joy in seeing the World, the most interesting of continued stories, unfold (W E B Du Bois Quotes) To the real question, How does it feel to be a problem? I answer seldom a word (W E B Du Bois Quotes) And yet not a dream, but a mighty reality- a glimpse of the higher life, the broader possibilities of humanity, which is granted to the man who, amid the rush and roar of living, pauses four short years to learn what living means (W E B Du Bois Quotes) The Negro cannot stand the present reactionary tendencies and unreasoning drawing of the color line indefinitely without discouragement and retrogression. And the condition of the Negro is ever the cause for further discrimination (W E B Du Bois Quotes) When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings (W E B Du Bois Quotes) Race prejudice decreases values both real estate and human; crime, ignorance and filth decrease values (W E B Du Bois Quotes) Whiteness is ownership of the earth (W E B Du Bois Quotes) Children learn more from what you are than what you teach (W E B Du Bois Quotes) I believe that all men, black, brown, and white, are brothers (W E B Du Bois Quotes) Ignorance is a cure for nothing (W E B Du Bois Quotes) A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself (W E B Du Bois Quotes) No universal selfishness can bring social good to all (W E B Du Bois Quotes) A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect (W E B Du Bois Quotes) There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise (W E B Du Bois Quotes) The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line (W E B Du Bois Quotes) Race prejudice decreases values, both real estate and human (W E B Du Bois Quotes) The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression (W E B Du Bois Quotes) Liberty trains for liberty (W E B Du Bois Quotes) A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again (W E B Du Bois Quotes) The cause of war is preparation for war (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 (W E B Du Bois Quotes) I believe that there are human stocks with whom it is physically unwise to intermarry, but to think that these stocks are all colored or that there are no such white stocks is unscientific and false (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 (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 (W E B Du Bois Quotes) The chief problem in any community cursed with crime is not the punishment of the criminals, but the preventing of the young from being trained to crime (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 (W E B Du Bois Quotes) Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life (W E B Du Bois Quotes) Liberty trains for liberty. Responsibility is the first step in responsibility (W E B Du Bois Quotes) To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires (W E B Du Bois Quotes)

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