Hope is the breath of the oppressed; it sustains us when all... - Leopold Sédar Senghor

This quote is attributed to Leopold Sédar Senghor.

"Hope is the breath of the oppressed; it sustains us when all else seems lost."

Leopold Sédar Senghor Hope

President, Poet Senegalese 1906–2001

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