Quote by James Baldwin
"I cannot be a pessimist because I am alive. To be alive is to assume the possibility of change."
More from James Baldwin
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
"If you are not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."
"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."
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."