Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “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 (1868-1963) Professor, Civil Rights Activist, NAACP Founding MemberSource: The Autobiography of W.E.B. Du Bois