Langston Hughes Quotes About Democracy
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I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.
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Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
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There is no color line in death. I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me. O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath - America will be! I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.
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