If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him. ― James Baldwin

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. ― James Baldwin

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ― James Baldwin