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With subjugation comes certainty. Liberty is full of gambles.
“To be brave among friends was nothing. To have the world against you and pick your path regardless–there is courage.”
― Red Country
― Red Country
“I don't talk things, sir,' said Faber. 'I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“So finally Jimmy stopped me and said to me, he says, Sarge, they wouldn't sell us any Coke. And I said, what do you mean they wouldn't sell you any Coke? He said no, there was a sign on the door and the sign said no Indians, Mexicans, niggers, or dogs allowed. And if you seen the hurt in the boy's eyes, and he just shook his head and never said anything and just walked on. The other two men never said anything to me. They just walked past with their heads down. And I remember when, well because Jimmy was killed on Iwo Jima.”
― The Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines
― The Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines
“Whoever debases others is debasing himself. That”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
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