Lawrence Ferlinghetti
We have to raise the consciousness the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti
change
Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti
death
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti
freedom
Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti
government
I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti
hope
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