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"The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century."
"Lots of times you can feel as an exile in a country that you were born in."
"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten."
"When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back."
"Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989."
"When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms."
"We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin."
"It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs."
"Those entrusted with arms... should be persons of some substance and stake in the country."
Explore more quotes by James A. Baldwin
"To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread."
"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time."
"The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side."
"There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention."
"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."
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