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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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A life in association, not a life independent, is the democratic ideal. ― Terry Tempest Williams
Just because I loves you– That's de reason why Ma soul is full of color Like de wings of a butterfly. Just because I loves you That's de reason why Ma heart's a fluttering aspen leaf When you pass by. ― Langston Hughes
This, the dream and the dreamer, wandering in the desert from Hopkinsville to Vienna in love with a streetwalker named Music.… ― 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
I will not take ‘but’ for an answer. ― Langston Hughes
Then it was that books began to happen to me, and I began to believe in nothing but books and the wonderful world in books-- where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables as we did in Kansas. ― Langston Hughes
The prerequisite for writing is having something to say. ― Langston Hughes
Good people are not that good. To tell the truth, if I were white, no matter how much I loved Negroes, I doubt that I would submit myself to Jim Crow living conditions just to prove my love.” “Neither would I,” said Simple. “Then you would not be very good, either.” “No,” said Simple, “but I would be white. ― Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. ― Langston Hughes
