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The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. – James Baldwin

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We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. – James Baldwin

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Belief
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James Baldwin
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If youre treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real theyre real for you whether theyre real or not. – James Baldwin

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Society
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The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society. – Roy Hattersley

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There are no limits to either time or distance, except as man himself may make them. I have but to touch the wind to know these things. – Hal Borland

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It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it. – Eric Hoffer

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Alien. An American sovereign in his probationary state. – Ambrose Bierce

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The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it. – E. B. White

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