Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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To be born in a free society and not to be born free is to be born into a lie. To be told by co-citizens and co-Christians that you have no value, no history, have never done anything that is worthy of human respect destroys you because in the beginning you believe it.

James A. Baldwin's Popular Quotes

I will no longer take anyone's word for my experience.

- James A. Baldwin

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.

- James A. Baldwin

One cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own.

- James A. Baldwin

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pai…

- James A. Baldwin

You've got to tell the world how to treat you. If the world tells you how you are going to be treated, you are in trouble.

- James A. Baldwin

You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.

- James A. Baldwin

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

- James A. Baldwin

You don't need numbers; you need passion, and this is proven by the history of the world!

- James A. Baldwin

The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally …

- James A. Baldwin