It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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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 this standard demands of everyone who loves this country a hard look at himself, for the greatest achievements must begin somewhere, and they always begin with the person. If we are not capable of this examination, we may yet become one of the most distinguished and monumental failures in the history of nations.James A. Baldwin
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.
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The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.
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