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

James A. Baldwin · Society

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James A. Baldwin

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

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James A. Baldwin

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.

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James A. Baldwin

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

Love

James A. Baldwin

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.

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