I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly …

James A. Baldwin
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I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. ✨ Notes of a Native Son. Book by James A. Baldwin, archive.nytimes.com. 1955.
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I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. ✨ Notes of a Native Son. Book by James A. Baldwin, archive.nytimes.com. 1955.

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