"I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all."
― James A. Baldwin
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History
― James A. Baldwin
More From James A. Baldwin
- "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."
- "Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they’re better than other human beings."
- "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."
More In History
- "The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development."― Aung San Suu Kyi
- "The history of our country is cruel. We have to face those issues or, should I say, we had to. Not anymore I hope, because we are going in the right direction, and we are ready to forgive, ready to move on."― Novak Djokovic
- "Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders."― Margaret Mead