More from Langston Hughes
- “Let America Be America Again” (1935)
Humor is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it.
“A Note on Humor”, from The Book of Negro Humor, p. vii (1966)I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.“Democracy” (poem, also titled “Freedom”)
More about hope
Napoleon1769–1821In His Own Words (1916)We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
- GBGeorge Washington Burnap1802–1859Often credited to Joseph Addison
