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We force moderate reformers and men with new and valuable ideas to become red radicals and revolutionists, since that happens to be the only way to make the world listen to reason.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Editor's note · Context
Du Bois points out that moderate reformers often resort to radicalism to be heard in a dismissive society.
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