Author: James A. Baldwin

Quotes

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

- James A. Baldwin

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

- James A. Baldwin

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

- James A. Baldwin

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

- James A. Baldwin

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

- James A. Baldwin

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

- James A. Baldwin

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

- James A. Baldwin

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.

- James A. Baldwin

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

- James A. Baldwin

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