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Just what is a liberal?" asked Simple.
"Well, as nearly as I can tell, a liberal is a nice man who acts decently toward people, talks democratically, and often is democratic in his personal life, but does not stand up very well in action when some real social issue like Jim Crow comes up. ― Langston Hughes,
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This, the dream and the dreamer, wandering in the desert from Hopkinsville to Vienna in love with a streetwalker named Music.… ― Langston Hughes
But was that why Negroes were poor, because they were dancers, jazzers, clowns? . . . The other way round would be better: dancers because of their poverty; singers because they suffered; laughing all the time because they must forget.... It’s more like that, thought Sandy. ― Langston Hughes,
As I learn from you, I guess you learn From me --- although You're older --- and white And somewhat more free. ― Langston Hughes
No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country. - Alexis de Tocqueville
A life in association, not a life independent, is the democratic ideal. ― Terry Tempest Williams
The prerequisite for writing is having something to say. ― Langston Hughes
Because shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet. ― Langston Hughes
Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. ― Langston Hughes
God in his infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise- So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise. ― Langston Hughes
I will not take ‘but’ for an answer. ― Langston Hughes
