Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread. Author: Richard Wright Copy Quote More from Richard Wright “Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consc…” “... a knowledge of how to live was a knowledge of how to die.” “Pity can purge us of hostility and arouse feelings of identification with the c…” “But the color of a Negro's skin makes him easily recognizable, makes him suspec…”