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.
JAMES BALDWINLove was a country he knew nothing about.
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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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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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I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.
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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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It’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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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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People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
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People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.
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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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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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Love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don’t panic now.
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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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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.
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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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Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
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