James Baldwin — "The future is now. It was now a long time ago. We are always living in the futur…"

"You can't be free until I'm free."

"The paradox of education is precisely this—that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated."

"The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you can alter, even a millimeter the way people see reality, then you can change the world."

"When you're trying to destroy a human being, it's very important to tell him that he's a nigger."

"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."