"The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?" ― W. E. B. Du Bois Topic(s): Power More From W. E. B. Du Bois "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." "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." "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." More In Power "Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power."― Maimonides "I know where I’m putting my money."― Marc Andreessen "All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star."― Francis Thompson