The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
Novelist, essayist, civil rights
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
Novelist, essayist, civil rights
From his essay collection 'Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son,' speaking to the desperation and potential for violence that arises from extreme marginalization and lack of hope.
1961
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