The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
JAMES BALDWINThe power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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Education is indoctrination if you’re white – subjugation if you’re black.
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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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People don’t have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love.
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The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
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Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
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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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The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.
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Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.
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The world is mostly divided between madmen who remember and madmen who forget. Heroes are rare.
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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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Literature is indispensable to the world.
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True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one’s life.
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If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person.
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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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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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