Depression Quote by Langston Hughes

The depression brought everybody down a peg or two. And the Negroes had but few pegs to fall.

— Langston Hughes

During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The…

— William Julius Wilson

My theory is that nine times out of ten, if there's a depression, more a social depression than anything, it brings out the best…

— Questlove

“THE "depression" was a blessing in disguise. It reduced the whole world to a new starting point that gives every one a new opportunity.”

— Napoleon Hill

When I was a deacon, the ominous signs of the Great Depression began to appear. Tens of thousands lost their jobs. Money was scarce.…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

“I think that everyone thought that the Depression like everything else, was for the white-folks, so it had nothing to do with them.”

— Maya Angeloug

The Depression was an incredibly dramatic episode - an era of stock-market crashes, breadlines, bank runs and wild currency speculation, with the storm clouds…

— Ben Bernanke

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have…

— Sargent Shriver

I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient…

— Rand Paul

At the end of the Depression, people were perhaps looking for something to cheer themselves up. They fell in love with a dog and…

— Shirley Temple

I do not share the gloomy thought that Negroes in America are doomed to be stomped out bodaciously, nor even shackled to the bottom…

— Zora Neale Hurston

Unless you are political or intellectual, events like the Depression are seen as personal events. We thought of the Depression as something that made…

— Florynce Kennedy