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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…
- The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.
- You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long…
- Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began. The recovery of…
- If the word integration means anything, this is what it means that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are,…
- I'm not interested in anybody's guilt. Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford. I know you didn't do it, and I didn't…
- Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.
- We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them -- to try to understand what you have done, why you have…
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