“The State, at bottom, and when the chips are down, rules by means of a terror made legal-that is how Franco ruled so long and is the undeniable truth concerning South Africa. No one called the late J. Edgar Hoover a terrorist, though that is precisely what he was: and if anyone wishes, now, in this context, to speak of “civilized” values or “democracy” or “morality”, you will pardon this poor nigger if he puts his hand before his mouth, and snickers-if he laughs at you. I have endured your morality for a very long time, am still crawling out of that dungheap: all that the slave can learn from his master is how to be a slave, and that is not morality”.
James Baldwin, “Just Above My Head”, 1979.
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