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It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a

It is very nearly impossible… to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. – 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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James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare– but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history in trapped in them. – James Baldwin

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History
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The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education. – John Conyers

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Intelligence appears to be the thing that enables a man to get along without education. Education enables a man to get along without the use of his intelligence. – Albert Edward Wiggam

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One attraction of Latin is that you can immerse yourself in the poems of Horace and Catullus without fretting over how to say, “Have a nice day.” – Peter Brodie

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I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers. – Woody Allen

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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. – Frederick Douglass

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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. – James Madison

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