Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the…

James A. Baldwin
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Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply. ✨ The Crusade of Indignation by James A. Baldwin in The Nation (New York, July 7, 1956); later quoted in James A. Baldwin The Price of the Ticket, 1985.
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