It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
JAMES BALDWINPerhaps he is a fool or a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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People can cry much easier than they can change.
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I often wonder what I’d do if there weren’t any books in the world.
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Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it.
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The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
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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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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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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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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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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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Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford.
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The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.
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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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