"I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope."
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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"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
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"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."
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"Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately."
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"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."
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"How sweet it is!"
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"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."
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