A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

Amiri Baraka

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Topic

Nature of freedom Freedom Black freedom struggle

Author

Amiri Baraka

Source

Tokenism: 300 Years for 5 Cents

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Jones, LeRoi (aka Imamu Amiri Baraka). "Tokenism: 300 Years for 5 Cents." Kulchur, Spring 1962, no. 5.

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There was peace in their hearts. They were filled with the fearlessness of those who have lost everything, the fearlessness which is not easy to come by but which endures.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

In the First Circle

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Topic
Fearlessness

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
1968 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksander. В круге первом [In the First Circle]. Collins & Harvill Press/‎Harper & Row, 1968, ch. 87.

Another quote about Freedom

The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Herbert Agar

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Topic
Truth hurts Truth Willful ignorance Freedom

Author

Herbert Agar
Source
A Time for Greatness
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Agar, Herbert. A Time for Greatness. Little, Brown and Company, 1942.