W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

For the Negro, Andrew Johnson did less than nothing when once he realized that the chief beneficiary of labor and economic reform in the South would be freedmen. His inability to picture Negroes as men made him oppose efforts to give them land; oppose national efforts to educate them; and above all things, oppose their rights to vote.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963

Topics

MenPictureLaborVoteNothingLand

America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor.

Jesse Helms

LeaderOpportunityHopeFreedom

I feel like there's a witch hunt by some film sites and people that immediately disregard something if it shows any sort of influence.

Max Winkler

PeopleInfluenceFeelSomethingFilm

My family was pretty solidly middle-class. We had a furniture store out near Connie Mack Stadium, and when Dad died, my mom took it over.

Robert Picardo

FamilyMomFurnitureOverOutStore

Failure was not an option for me.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

FailureMeOption

I want John Legend to sing at my wedding.

Sloane Stephens

LegendWeddingWantSingJohn

I thought Microsoft did a lot of things that were good and right building parts of the browser into the operating system. Then I thought it out and came up with reasons why it was a monopoly.

Steve Wozniak

GoodBuildingThoughtWhyRightOut

As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.

Michael Learned

LosingMemoryActorGreatestFears

That's why you can't be a true Yankee without winter: because all the best pleasures are earned - the fire, the fried oysters; the warmer seasons, too. Who knows the real worth of summer at the beach without a good taste of the seaside in winter?

Julia Glass

WinterGoodBestBeachFireSeasons

If you're reading to find friends, you're in deep trouble.

Claire Messud

ReadingDeepFriendsYouFind

Grief is exhausting.

Ciaran Hinds

GriefExhausting

I can count on one hand the number of conductors-composers-arrangers that I enjoy working with, and at the top of that list is Mack Wilberg. I feel like I've known Mack forever. I'm just nuts for him.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

FeelEnjoyI CanHandTopCount

Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost.

Anne Stevenson

MeAmericanYoungMoreAlwaysPoet

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