What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom. - Hubert H. Humphrey

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When my own writing needs a perk, I open Zukofsky and read from "A" - particularly sections "22" and "23. " It can be opaque, but I love the intensity.

Hubert H. Humphrey

What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom.

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We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice - however much we might desire it.

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You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?

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What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.

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If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.

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The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.

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It is an intimately communicative affair between the painter and his painting, a conversation back and forth, the painting telling the painter even as it receives its shape and form.

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