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Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

W. E. B. Du Bois

I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.
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Black Devil Doubt Fire Race Sincere Woman
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.
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Class Device Devil Diversity Innocent Justice Sin
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.
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Book Dee Mathematics Reading Science Yourself
The kind of sermon which is preached in most colored churches is not today attractive to even fairly intelligent men.
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Atheist Color Intelligence Kind Men
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.
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Force Forget Freedom Issues Live Naked Opinion Price Thinking Truth Violence Worst
I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.
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Divine Gift Human Laughter Love Pain World Wrong
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.
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Job Poor Work World
The time must come when, great and pressing as change and betterment may be, they do not involve killing and hurting people.
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Better Change Death Hurt Kill People Time
Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.
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Choice Democracy Destroy Ignorance
Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.
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Black Crime Easy Oppression World
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.
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Bill Civilization Man Price Right Work
Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.
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Children Learning Peace Teacher Yourself
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.
W. E. B. DU BOIS

Believe Black Brother Development Men Myself Opportunity Possible Soul Time
Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,- criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by those led, – this is the soul of democracy and the safeguard of modern society
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Democracy Government Honesty Leadership Safety Soul Touch
There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise.
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Determination Equality Force Rise Woman
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

Community Criminal Problem Punishment Training Young

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