W. E. B. Du Bois, (1868-1963) Professor, Civil Rights Activist, NAACP Founding Member Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-3] of 3 W. E. B. Du Bois quotesW. E. B. Du Bois QuotesW. E. B. Du Bois The cost of liberty is less than the cost of repression.~ W. E. B. Du Bois The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.~ W. E. B. Du Bois It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine right of money-raising or by sheer assumption, have the power to do as they think best without consulting the wisdom of mankind.~ W. E. B. Du Bois Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print