James Baldwin Quotes

The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right, to choose his own surroundings.

Now, I simply do what I want.

Freedom is control in your own life.

It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

I have my life, my world. I do what I want, without annoying anyone.

Freedom is from within.

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap.

Self Emancipation

My highest value is not that the trains are on time. I want to be free.

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

You have to make your own decisions. That's what the freedom in America is all about.

Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself.

No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

I think that the best that government can do for you and I as individuals is to empower you and I to make decisions that only you and I should make.

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.

People ought to have more control over their lives.

From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

If you don't want to be a slave, stop acting like a slave.

I have a very independent spirit.