“Right now America is in a state of upheaval,” Dylan said. “ Poverty is demoralising. You can’t expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor. But we’ve got this guy out there now who is redefining the nature of politics from the ground up…Barack Obama. He’s redefining what a politician is, so we’ll have to see how things play out. Am I hopeful? Yes, I’m hopeful that things might change. Some things are going to have to.”
這種藝人表態才是真有意義！
然而區區羊皮紙上的文字，並不足以助奴隸脫離桎梏；或是提供每種膚色及信仰的男 男女女，身為美國公民的完整權利及義務。所需要的，是世世代代願意盡一己之力的美 國人，透過抗爭與奮鬥、在街頭與法庭上、透過內戰及公民不服從並且始終冒著極大風 險，以縮小理想的承諾與當代的現實間之差距。
