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.

Quote by James A Baldwin

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Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of...

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of...

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really...

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really...

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think...

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think...

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone...

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men....

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men....

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this...

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this...

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.

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there...

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there...

People can cry much easier than they can change.

People can cry much easier than they can change.

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't...

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't...

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves...

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves...

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

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

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in...

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in...

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious...

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious...