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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.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Would America have been America without her Negro people?
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Community Herself People
A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself.
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Door Himself Look Marriage Men Stand
Race prejudice decreases values, both real estate and human.
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Human Prejudice Race Reality Value Worth
Disfranchisement is the deliberate theft and robbery of the only protection of poor against rich and black against white.
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Black Identity Poor Protection Rich Theft White
Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
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Development Education Human Training Wall
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
The cause of war is preparation for war.
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Deep Preparation War
It is the stars, it is the ancient stars, it is the young and everlasting stars!
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Ancient Nature Stars Young
There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise.
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Determination Equality Force Rise Woman
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
There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise.
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Determination Equality Force Rise Woman
Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, a surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage-ground.
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Human Justice Men Pain Progress
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.
W. E. B. DU BOIS

Class Device Devil Diversity Innocent Justice Sin
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.
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Art Atmosphere Creation Influence Ourselves Try
As Negro voting increased, Congress got an improved sense of hearing.
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Hear Improvement Vote
Whiteness is ownership of the earth.
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Earth White

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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