A THREAD on inspiring and thought provoking ideas by James Baldwin:
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Freedom is not something that anybody can be given.
Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.
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Freedom is not something that anybody can be given.
Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.
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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.
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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
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I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.
I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.
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The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
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It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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People can cry much easier than they can change.
People can cry much easier than they can change.
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving.
If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.
If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving.
If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.
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