Quote by James Baldwin
The greatest significance of the present student generation is tha

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. – James Baldwin

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It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be. – James Baldwin

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The establishment of democracy on the American continent was scarcely as radical a break with the past as was the necessity, which Americans faced, of broadening this concept to include black men. – James Baldwin

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Theories and goals of education dont matter a whit if you do not consider your students to be human beings. – Lou Ann Walker

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There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them. – Emile-Auguste Chartier

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Study to be quiet, and to do your own business. 1 Thessalonians 4:11 – Bible

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Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life. – Woodrow Wilson

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