If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe.
JAMES BALDWINOur crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were black and for no other reason.
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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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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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Love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don’t panic now.
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It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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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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All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique.
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Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.
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The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.
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Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.
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There are people in the world for whom “coming along” is a perpetual process, people who are destined never to arrive.
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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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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.
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Youth must be the worst time in anybody’s life.
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