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6 years ago

Ray Stannard Baker Quotes
American - Journalist April 17, 1870 - July 12, 1946

A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.
Ray Stannard Baker

The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor - all conductors are white - ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat farther back in order to make a place for a white man. I have also seen white men requested to leave the Negro section of the car.
Ray Stannard Baker

Goodness is uneventful. It does not flash, it glows.
Ray Stannard Baker

But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob; it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right.
Ray Stannard Baker

And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls of Black Folk.
Ray Stannard Baker

It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit if you will, that I have never felt before in any strike.
Ray Stannard Baker

A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.
Ray Stannard Baker

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lilosophie
6 years ago
The quotes show how hard it was to be a "liberal" in the race-& class conscious times in which he worked and lived. Laws have been made to level the playing field, but many hearts have not changed, we still have a long way to go.
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I agree with most of her ideas, she was a bit ahead of her time in her thoughts. Strong women with definite opinions were not appreciated in her time, sometimes I wonder if they are more appreciated now, I doubt it.
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Thank you for the quotes, I agree with most of what he states. I find it interesting that the ideas are universal over the centuries, the way they are expressed reflect the historical time of the authors life.
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Miss new books from her. Isn't she right about our furry friends?
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Could he ever stick it to people. Son hat to write a term paper on him and I did most of the typing (before computer). It took me a while because I either had to read same of the texts which son mentioned or ran to the library, because i wanted to read it myself, not just cite referenced material.
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