W.E.B Du Bois Quotes

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Believe in Life! - W.E.B Du Bois quote.
Believe in Life!
— W.E.B Du Bois
Freedom always entails danger. - W.E.B Du Bois quote.
Freedom always entails danger.
— W.E.B Du Bois

freedom

Business begs. Philanthropy begs. - W.E.B Du Bois quote.
Business begs. Philanthropy begs.
— W.E.B Du Bois

business

Not even a Harvard School of Business can turn greed into a science. - W.E.B Du Bois quote.
Not even a Harvard School of Business can turn greed into a science.

greed

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 quote.
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 The Souls of Black Folk

race poverty hardship

One ever feels his twoness—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughtS, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. - W.E.B Du Bois quote.
One ever feels his twoness—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughtS, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
— W.E.B Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk

African-Americans

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. - W.E.B Du Bois quote.
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.
— W.E.B Du Bois The Negro

democracy