Robert Francis was an American poet who lived most of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts.. American poet
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Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately. Go to Quote / Comment
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and injustice. Go to Quote / Comment
If any man claims the Negro should be content ... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim. Go to Quote / Comment
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation-and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress. Go to Quote / Comment
High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make. Go to Quote / Comment