#masses

The situation of the Old Left was the theory of Socialist Realism, etc. It seemed pointless to argue. We stayed carefully away from people who wrote for the New Masses. ↗

— George Oppen

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I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

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In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses. ↗

— Russell Baker

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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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It can not be done; it shall not be done! I speak for the great masses of the Mississippi Valley, and those west of it, when I say you shall not do it! ↗

— Richard Parks Bland

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I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

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We ask the great masses of India to be patient a short time longer, while the cause of freedom is being fought out, not because we want to delay, but because the hard facts of war make a complete change impossible at the moment. ↗

— Stafford Cripps

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Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#freedom #includes #justice #masses #peace

The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

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By the time I came down from Yale, I was already more radicalized and had begun to read New Masses. ↗

— Albert Maltz

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