Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes: Unfortunately there was one thing that the white South feared more than Negro dishonesty, ignorance, and incompetency, and that was Negro honesty, knowledge, and efficiency.
         

Unfortunately there was one thing that the white South feared more than Negro dishonesty, ignorance, and incompetency, and that was Negro honesty, knowledge, and efficiency.


W. E. B. Du Bois
Check all other quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Unfortunately-there-was-one-thing-that-the-1140212>.





Check out


Other quotes of W. E. B. Du Bois


Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.



There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.



Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.



Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.



There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise



Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.



We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.



To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.



I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.

I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.



Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.

Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.





Other quotes you may like



Maupassant is a man of mitigating circumstances, the lawyer who can bring the jurors around by demonstrating that they too could have committed such a crime. We are all murderers.

Maupassant is a man of mitigating circumstances, the lawyer who can bring the jurors around by demonstrating that they too could have committed such a crime. We are all murderers.



Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.

Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.



The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.



Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.

Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.



I love creativity, with no fear of what people think.

I love creativity, with no fear of what people think.



God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. With thee conversing I forget all time.

God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. With thee conversing I forget all time.



That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.



The human body has no more need for cows' milk than it does for dogs' milk, horses' milk, or giraffes' milk.

The human body has no more need for cows' milk than it does for dogs' milk, horses' milk, or giraffes' milk.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Unfortunately there was one thing that the white South feared more than Negro dishonesty, ignorance, and incompetency, and that was Negro honesty, knowledge, and efficiency.". Author of this quote is W. E. B. Du Bois. This quote is about knowledge, white, ignorance, dishonesty, honesty, one thing, efficiency, south,.