Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up.

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Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up.

Studs Terkel

2003

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Hope Political progress Politics

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Metaphor, analogy and simile

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Historical literature

Time

2003

Person

Studs Terkel

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Citation

Terkel, Studs. Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times. New Press, 2003.

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Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up. — Studs Terkel

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