"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."
-James A. Baldwin
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"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.“
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"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."
-James A. Baldwin
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"There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment the time is always now."
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"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war love is a growing up."
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"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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"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time."
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"That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another."
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"Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society."
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"RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society."
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
-Sebastian Junger
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