It is easy to proclaim all souls equal in the sight of God; it is hard to make men equal on earth in the sight of men.
JAMES BALDWINHatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
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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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No man is a devil in his own mind.
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Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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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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For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for what they become.
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Love was a country he knew nothing about.
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
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The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.
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There are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves.
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Those kids aren’t dumb. But the people who run these schools want to make sure they don’t get smart: they are really teaching the kids to be slaves.
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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.
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I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
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