Quotes by Baldwin, James

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised >>

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and >>

An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the mighty >>

Quotations about Oppression

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would y >>

You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the bre >>

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again. >>

You know, it's 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.

Baldwin, James