“their vaunted liberty no body pushes me around i have heard them say land of the free they sing what do they fear mistrust betray more than the freedom they boast of in their ignorant pride have seen the squalid ghettoes in their violent cities paradox on paradox how have the americans managed to survive” PoetryFreedomLibertyPovertyPoemSurvivalAmericans Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems
“This freedom, this liberty, this beautiful and terrible thing, needful to man as air, usable as earth.” MenEarthBeautifulLibertyAirTerribleTerrible Things Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems