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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Wed Apr 21, 2021, 08:10 AM Apr 2021

A note from Tom Paine:

"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace; and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.”

A note from John Lewis: "Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble."

Let's get to it.

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A note from Tom Paine: (Original Post) Atticus Apr 2021 OP
Well quoted. ananda Apr 2021 #1
K & R malaise Apr 2021 #2
K & R malaise Apr 2021 #3
K&R FalloutShelter Apr 2021 #4
KNR niyad Apr 2021 #5
Had his parents hyphenated... Harker Apr 2021 #6
Powerful quote. I hope the RWers don't use it. nuxvomica Apr 2021 #7
The same people who quote MLK Jr every February? Probatim Apr 2021 #8
I say that quote often to my son, only now he has grown to a man cayugafalls Apr 2021 #9
On it. Tommymac Apr 2021 #10
I like this very much. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #11

nuxvomica

(12,421 posts)
7. Powerful quote. I hope the RWers don't use it.
Wed Apr 21, 2021, 10:06 AM
Apr 2021

Then again, they might not understand it. They don't seem to show a lot of worry for children.

Probatim

(2,525 posts)
8. The same people who quote MLK Jr every February?
Wed Apr 21, 2021, 10:22 AM
Apr 2021

As if quoting him somehow excuses them from their awful behavior from the rest of the year.

They'll find a way to twist it - once they dumb it down for their fellow knuckle draggers.

cayugafalls

(5,640 posts)
9. I say that quote often to my son, only now he has grown to a man
Wed Apr 21, 2021, 11:00 AM
Apr 2021

so he stands beside me.

We are woke.

And for what it is worth, I am proud to be called woke.

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