The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling... How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy when you yourself treat your colored brothers as you do?

Josephine Baker
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  2. The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. - Elie Wiesel

  3. The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you. - Markus Zusak

  4. In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way... - Orson Scott Card

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More Quotes By Josephine Baker
  1. I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.

  2. Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.

  3. The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling... How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy when you yourself treat your colored brothers as you do?

  4. I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.

  5. God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers.

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