"People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them."
― James A. Baldwin
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History
― James A. Baldwin
More From James A. Baldwin
- "It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
- "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."
- "No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time."
More In History
- "To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance."― Charles Babbage
- "Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence."― Louis Pasteur
- "Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back."― William O. Douglas