Quote by James Baldwin
But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. B

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. – 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

Category:
Belief
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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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America
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He may be a very nice man. But I havent got the time to figure that out. All I know is, hes got a uniform and a gun and I have to relate to him that way. Thats the only way to relate to him because one of us may have to die. – James Baldwin

Category:
Control
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As I grew up, I was continually to suffer hardships in different realms of life – in my family, in my relationship to Japanese society and in my way of living at large in the latter half of the twentieth century. – Kenzaburo Oe

Category:
relationship

First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important to us and to me, and that we had to at least be in the process of looking at this seriously. – Brian Mulroney

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relationship

Ive always believed in peoples capacity for goodness. I still believe that people are good. What Im not so trusting about anymore is their relationship to their own goodness. – Anne Hathaway

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relationship

Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: Who made that sweater? Or How did you get your hair so straight? They dont to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me. – Lauren Graham

Category:
relationship

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I may not have the time, but Ill make it.
I may not be the biggest, but Ill be the most committed to your success. – Anon.

My relationship to power and authority is that Im all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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power

Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people cant let that happen. – Kerry Washington

Category:
Education

There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thought under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life. – Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1595

Category:
Integrity