Quote by James Baldwin
Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemiz

Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field. – James Baldwin

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Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply. – James Baldwin

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Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. – James Baldwin

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If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. – James Baldwin

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The fact is that Americans are not a thoughtful people; they are too busy to stop and question their values. – William Ralph

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What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise. – Barbara Jordan

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America is the best half-educated country in the world. – Nicholas Murray Butler

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In America, if you put your mind to it you can have anything you want. You just cant have everything you want. – Bernard Baruch

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