A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself W. E. B. Du Bois More Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois More Quotes From W. E. B. Du Bois School houses do not teach themselves - piles of brick and mortar and machinery do not send out men. It is the trained, living human soul, cultivated and strengthened by long study and thought, that breathes the real breath of life into boys and girls and makes them human, whether they be black or white, Greek, Russian or American. W. E. B. Du Bois blacksoulmenlife If white people need colleges to furnish teachers, ministers, lawyers, and doctors, do black people need nothing of the sort? W. E. B. Du Bois teachersblackwhitepeople Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction. W. E. B. Du Bois itselfcannotcapitalismreform I was born free. W. E. B. Du Bois i-was-bornfreeborn
