• It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak.

  James Baldwin
  American writer 1924-1987
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. astonishing
2. individual
3. devoted
4. people
5. should
6. afraid

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It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak. by : James Baldwin

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