"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."
-W. E. B. Du Bois
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"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
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"But what of black women?... 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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-W. E. B. Du Bois
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"The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?"
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"Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men."
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"I have prayed to God that he give me the strength to survive each day and to face those times in my life that will be extremely painful. I have put my total faith in God, and he will take care of me."
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"I saw him... at peace in my armchair. I remember wishing he could stay in peace like that forever. I had a feeling of easing his burden with my strength."
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"The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it."
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"Strength lies not in defence but in attack."
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"Strength is a matter of the made-up mind."
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