It is very nearly impossible. . . to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
Source: They Can't Turn Back, in Mademoiselle, Aug 1960; repr. in The Price of the Ticket, 1985).
-- James Baldwin, (Aug 2 1924-1987), US novelist, essayist; He was a noted spokesman for American blacks in 1950s-60s.