James Baldwin Quote

A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.


Collected Essays (ed. 1998)


A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.

A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.

A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.

A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.