Best Josephine Baker Quotes
- I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination. Discrimination
- The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling... How can you expect the world to… Always Given
- God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers. Brother
- I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality… Believed
- Friends, to me for years St. Louis represented a city of fear... humiliation... misery and terror... A city where in the eyes of the white… Better
- My people have a country of their own to go to if they choose... Africa... but, this America belongs to them just as much as… Africa
- I was learning the importance of names - having them, making them - but at the same time I sensed the dangers. Recognition was followed… Danger
- He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together, it was something. Coffee
- We must change the system of education and instruction. Unfortunately, history has shown us that brotherhood must be learned, when it should be natural. Brotherhood
- Is that what they call a vocation, what you do with joy as if you had fire in your heart, the devil in your body? Body
- ...It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue without the liberty,… Baker
- I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that. Anyone
- Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's… All
- A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for. African American
- We've got to show that blacks and whites are treated equally in the army. Otherwise, what's the point of waging war on Hitler? Army
- Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone. Alone
- The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling because when I was a little girl… Always Given
- Americans, the eyes of the world are upon you. How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy… American
- I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. Houses
- All men can live together, if they wish to. All