Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.
From Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.
I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.
We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.
I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American.
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.
It's the story of an American who wants to become a dictator and goes to Europe with a sidekick to interview various Fascists to find out how the Nazis and Mussolini got into power.
It's much easier to consume the visual image than to read something.
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.
I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad. It's got to go. It's got to go a long way from here.
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