Who said "We need writers who are willing to speak truth to power."?

This quote is attributed to Langston Hughes.

We need writers who are willing to speak truth to power. - Langston Hughes

"We need writers who are willing to speak truth to power."

Langston Hughes Literature

Poet Novelist American 1901–1967

"I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins."

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."

"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."

"I am my mother's son. I wear the colors she gave me when I was born."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."