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

Studs Terkel

More information about this quote

Topic

Hope Political progress Politics

Author

Studs Terkel

Source

Hope Dies Last

Genre

Historical literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Studs Terkel about hope: “Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up.”
Download
A quote by Studs Terkel about hope: “Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up.”
Download
A quote by Studs Terkel about hope: “Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote about Political progress

The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe. Though he does not represent the present state, he represents the future state. If he does not represent what we are, he represents what we ought to be.

Frederick Douglass

More information about this quote
Topic
Political progress
Speaker
Frederick Douglass
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1852 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "The Fugitive Slave Law." National Free Soil Convention. 11 Aug. 1852, Pittsburg, PA, USA.

Current Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "The Fugitive Slave Law." The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches. Hackett Publishing Company, 2016.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.

William Shakespeare

Venus and Adonis

Buy Venus and Adonis at Amazon Buy Venus and Adonis at Amazon
Read Venus and Adonis at The Folger Shakespeare Library
More information about this quote
Topic
Nature of love Love

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Venus and Adonis
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1593 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. London: Richard Field, 1593, I. 799.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Venus and Adonis." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.