Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
JAMES BALDWINGenerations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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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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No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
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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.
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Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity.
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Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
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No man is a devil in his own mind.
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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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People don’t have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love.
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
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The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.
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If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.
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I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.
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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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American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.
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The impossible is the least that one can demand.
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