A Democratic State Is Not Proven By

Self-determination Has To Mean That The Leader Is Your Individual Gut, And Heart, And Mind Or We're Talking About Power, Again, And Its Rather Well-known Impurities. Who Is Really Going To Care Whether You Live Or Die And Who Is Going To Know The Most Intimate Motivation For Your Laughter And Your Tears Is The Only Person To Be Trusted To Speak For You And To Decide What You Will Or Will Not Do.

A Democratic State Is Not Proven By The Welfare Of The Strong But By The Welfare Of The Weak.

Lately... Americans Have Begun To Understand That Trouble Does Not Start Somewhere On The Other Side Of Town. It Seems To Originate Inside The Absolute Middle Of The Homemade Cherry Pie. In Our History, The State Has Failed To Respond To The Weak. You Could Be White, Male, Presbyterian And Heterosexual Besides, But If You Get Fired Or If You Get Sick Tomorrow, You Might As Well Be Black, For All The State Will Want To Hear From You.

Americans Have Begun To Understand That Trouble Does Not Start Somewhere On The Other Side Of Town. It Seems To Originate Inside The Absolute Middle Of The Homemade Cherry Pie.

And If I If I Ever Let Love Go Because The Hatred And The Whisperings Become A Phantom Dictate I O- Bey In Lieu Of Impulse And Realities (the Blossoming Flamingos Of My Wild Mimosa Trees) Then Let Love Freeze Me Out. (from I Must Become A Menace To My Enemies)