6 Quotes & Sayings By Clr James

C.L.R. James was born in Trinidad in 1918. At the age of twelve he moved with his family to British Guiana where they lived for almost a decade. In 1937, James became a lecturer at the University College of the West Indies and attended the London School of Economics, where he earned a Ph.D Read more

in Political Science. He was a lecturer at several universities in England and Canada, and a visiting professor at the University of Amsterdam and the University of California, Berkeley. In 1966, James was exiled from Trinidad by Prime Minister Eric Williams.

In 1967 he won the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union for his work as chairman of the Pan-African Congress and editor of its journal, The World Crisis. In 1970 he received the American Book Award for his autobiography My Life: A Record Of Struggle And Triumph (1969).

What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?
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What do they know of cricket who only cricket know? C.L.R. James
In politics all abstract terms conceal treachery.
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In politics all abstract terms conceal treachery. C.L.R. James
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An army is a miniature of the society which produces it. C.L.R. James
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Uninhibited, they wallowed with zest in the filth and mire of their political conceptions and needs, among the very leaders of their society, but nevertheless the very dregs of human civilisation and moral standards. A historian who finds excuses for such conduct by references to the supposed spirit of the times, or by omission, or by silence, shows thereby that his account of events is not to be trusted. C.L.R. James
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The patience and forbearance of the poor are among the strongest bulwarks of the rich. C.L.R. James