James A. Baldwin | society
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James A. Baldwin | respect
To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.
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James A. Baldwin | relationship
If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.
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James A. Baldwin | power
The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever.
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James A. Baldwin | power
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.
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James A. Baldwin | power
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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James A. Baldwin | money
Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn’t have it and thought of other things if you did.
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James A. Baldwin | men
Fires can’t be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
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