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p681 I expresed my delight to be back among them, but then i scolded the people for some of the crippling problems of urban black life. Students, I said, must return to school. Crime must be brought under control (...) Freedom without civility, freedom without the ability to live in peace, was not true freedom after all.

p.673 As i finally walked through those prison gates to enter a car on the other side, i felt - even at the age of seventy-one, that my life was beginning anew.

p.671 I did not dwell on the prospect of my release, but on all the many things i had to do before them. As so often happens in life, the momentousness of an occassion is lost in the welter of a thousand details.

P616. It was if I were still dreaming. I held her to me for what felt like an eternity. We were still silent except for the sounds of our hearts (...) It had been 21 years since I had even touched my wife's hand

P 605. Once again, i thought it necessary to draw a distinction between principle and tactics.