"The greatest significance of the present student generation……" — James A. Baldwin
"The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and inexorably being expressed."
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339 Quotes by James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin has 339 quotes on this site.
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Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is…
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Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay…
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is…
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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on…
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Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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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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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the…
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Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?
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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.
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It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also…
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The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite,…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Art is elemental. Reason alone as it's expressed in the sciences can't be man's complete answer to reality, and it…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've…
— John Boehner
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Here is what is needed for Occupy Wall Street to become a force for change: a clear, and clearly expressed,…
— Elayne Boosler
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The traditional spokespersons for the Evangelicals, such as Chuck Colson and James Dobson, have become alarmed about this drift away…
— Tony Campolo
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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy,…
— Winston Churchill
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When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
— Luc de Clapiers
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The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted…
— Thomas Jefferson
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