Tales of Manhattan (1942)

Paul Robeson: Luke

Quotes 

• Esther : Luke, you gotta pray for things like that and you ain't never prayed for nottin' in your life and you knows it.

  Luke : Now, Esther, I wished for plenty, 'cept maybe I didn't bend my knee.

  Esther : Within' ain't prayin'! It ain't ourin' to keep. It's sinful to have so much money.

• Luke : We're gonna buy de land. Do ya hear? De land. And it'll be ours! And we're gonna buy tools with edges so sharp the earth will jump up to meet 'em. And we're gonna work dat ground, side by side, raisin' corn and cotton. And wot we gits we shares. There won't be no rich and no more poor! Yes, folks! A new day is dawnin'.