More from Langston Hughes
- Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951), “Harlem”
- “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)
More about freedom
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to William Stephens Smith (13 November 1787). Manuscript at the Library of Congress.The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
John Philpot Curran1750–1817Often credited to Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790This was first used by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its “Reply to the Governor” (November 11, 1755) Reply to the Governor