Page numbers in parens, y’all.
ON PATIENCE:
“I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things.” [8]
“The more I began to stay away from home and visit people and steal from the stores, the more aggressive I became in my inclinations. I never wanted to wait for anything.” [15]
“I have always felt…that the black ‘leader’ whom white men consider to be ‘responsible’ is invariably the black ‘leader’ who never gets any results.” [389]
ON WHITE PEOPLE:
“I don’t care how nice one is to you, the thing you must always remember is that almost never does he really see you as he sees himself, as he sees his own kind.” [28]
“…the collective white man had acted like a devil in virtually every contact he had with the world’s collective non-white man.” [181]
“For the white man to ask the black man if he hates him…
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