| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 5293 |
| QUOTATION: | When Americans look out on the world, they see nothing but dark and menacing strangers who appear to have no sense of rhythm at all, nor any respect or affection for white people; and white Americans really do not know what to make of all this, except to increase the defense budget. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | James Baldwin (1924–1987), U.S. author. “Notes on the House of Bondage,” The Price of the Ticket (1985). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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