Author: James A. Baldwin

Quotes

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

- James A. Baldwin

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

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

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

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

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?

- James A. Baldwin

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.

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.

- 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

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