"I'm not interested in anybody's guilt. Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford. I know you didn't do it, and I didn't do it either, but I am responsible for it because I am a man and a citizen of this country and you are responsible for it, too, for the very same reason... Anyone who is trying to be conscious must begin to dismiss the vocabulary which we've used so long to cover it up, to lie about the way things are."

-- James A. Baldwin

#Country Quotes #Lying Quotes #Men Quotes

“Life's greatest comfort is being able to look over your shoulder and see people worse off, waiting in line behind you.”
“In the United States the whites speak well of the Blacks but think bad about them, whereas the Blacks talk bad and think bad aboutthe whites. Whites fear Blacks, because they have a bad conscience, and Blacks hate whites because they need not have a bad conscience.”
“A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.”
“Stealing swords,â€ Royce muttered mostly to himself. â€œOkay, letâ€™s take a look at this tower. The sooner I see it, the sooner I can start cursing.”
“In the middle of it all, pause and look around you. Appreciate whatâ€™s beautiful. Take in the love. Nod to whatâ€™s good and true. And then move forward one step at a time.”
“God, in His wrath, has not left this world to the mercy of the subtlest dialectician; and all arguments are happily transitory in their effect when they contradict the primal intuitions of conscience and the inborn sentiments of the heart.”
“Many years later, after NiemÃ¶ller had been imprisoned for eight years in concentration camps as the personal prisoner of Adolf Hitler, he penned these infamous words: First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionist, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew. And then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me.”

Source : "First they came". Poem by Martin Niemoller,
“I'm not a complete libertarian. There is a proper role in some areas of the government to have rules and regulations - I'm not an anarchist.”

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