Depression Quote by Langston Hughes

The depression brought everybody down a peg or two. And the Negro 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

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

— Napoleon Hill

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

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

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

Understanding the true causes of the Depression, as well as the real economic record of the United States in the 1930s, is an essential…

— Thomas Woods

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

My father had a couple of kids at the beginning of the Depression. There was not much employment. Not much welfare. People barely got…

— Clint Eastwood