The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
JAMES BALDWINWe all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
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It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror.
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Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
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History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.
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If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe.
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.
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You write in order to change the world, if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
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There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people.
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Love was a country he knew nothing about.
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The impossible is the least that one can demand.
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Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark.
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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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