<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=353374" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>America, America</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">We raised our hats to you, Mr Lincoln.<br>We believed every word that you said.<br>And when life spilled into darkness<br>in a night of theatre, <br>we believed, even though you were dead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From the decay that was Europe, we sent you our sons<br>to escape from a thousand-year prison called home; <br>from money and serfdom and warfare and guns; <br>from Ireland and Germany, Russia and Rome.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We believed, Mr Lincoln. We knew. We could wait.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From the slave-fields of Africa, we heard all men are equal<br>and America, like God, would apply it that way.<br>And having applied it, would insist on the sequel; <br>that all men were free in this African day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From Asia, the bent backs of our human machines<br>learned of machines that would give them their rest; <br>learned they could stand straight and what freedom means; <br>and, holding heads high, put it all to the test.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And what did we get from all the bright promise? <br>And what did we learn when we gave you our vote? <br>From a heap of dead redskins to a pile of dead commies, <br>you could write the Lord’s Prayer on a used five-buck note.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Brian+Taylor">Brian Taylor</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=353374" data-title="America, America de Brian Taylor" data-description="We raised our hats to you, Mr Lincoln. We believed every word that you said. And when life spilled into darkness in a night of theatre, we believed, even though you were dead. From the decay that was Europe, we sent you our sons to escape from a..."></div> </div> </div>

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