I swear this oath

.
O, Yes

“O, yes,

I say it plain,

America never was America to me,

And yet I swear this oath —

America will be!”

—Langston Hughes (1902-1967), poet, in “Let America Be America Again,” 1935. See “Harry Belafonte: What Do We Have to Lose? Everything,” NYTimes, Nov. 7, 2016

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
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In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/election.html

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/election.html

• Editorial Comment: I have another oath.

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