| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 5313 |
| QUOTATION: | The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | James Baldwin (19241987), U.S. author. repr. in Notes of a Native Son, pt. 2 (1955). The Harlem Ghetto, first published in Commentary (New York, Feb. 1948). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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