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Quote by James Baldwin
You know, its not the world that was my oppressor, because what th

You know, its not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. – James Baldwin

Other quotes by James Baldwin

No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. – James Baldwin

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Purity
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James Baldwin
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. – James Baldwin

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Racism
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James Baldwin
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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. – James Baldwin

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respect
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James Baldwin
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Other Quotes from
Oppression
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Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Oppression

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Oppression

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. – Frederick Douglass

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Oppression

The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors. – Meridel Le Sueur

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Oppression

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You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Value

I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude. – William Banting

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thankful

If we shall take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Attitude

The last part, the part youre now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness. – Charles Van Doren

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Happiness