I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.
JAMES BALDWINNobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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It’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe.
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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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Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
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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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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
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Education is indoctrination if you’re white – subjugation if you’re black.
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People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.
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Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
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You write in order to change the world, if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.
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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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Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.
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Perhaps he is a fool or a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both.
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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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