To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

James A. Baldwin
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  1. He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool. - Brigham Young

  2. Some were filled with pride. Some were filled with hope. Some were filled rage. But all of them screamed - Hajime Isayama

  3. It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained to sit quietly and listen to charges brought against my color with no chance of defense. We should all be dead. I thought... - Maya Angelou

  4. Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of me And it starts from the heart 'til it reaches my outer me - Criss Jami

  5. On faith’s battered back calm eyes etch prayers that cool a nation’s hot rage. - Aberjhani

More Quotes By James A. Baldwin
  1. Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

  2. 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.

  3. The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.

  4. 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.

  5. Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

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