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I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls; the right to breathe and the right to vote, the freedom to choose their friends, enjoy the sunshine, and ride on the railroads, uncursed by color; thinking, dreaming, working as they will in a kingdom of beauty and love.
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More Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois
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.
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.
We cannot escape the clear fact that what is going to win in this world is reason, if this ever becomes a reasonable world.
The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.
To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.
A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself
I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.
Ignorance is a cure for nothing.
To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
