The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

Quote by James A Baldwin

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The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which...

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which...

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop...

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop...

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be...

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be...

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept...

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

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...

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing...

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing...

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...

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...

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.

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are...

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are...

You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does...

You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does...

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole...

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole...

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also,...

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also,...

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as...

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as...

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity,...

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity,...

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.

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is...

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is...

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious...

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious...