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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA 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
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ananda
(28,858 posts)1. Well quoted.
Thank you.
malaise
(268,930 posts)2. K & R
for wisdom
malaise
(268,930 posts)3. K & R
for wisdom
FalloutShelter
(11,849 posts)4. K&R
N/T
Harker
(14,012 posts)6. Had his parents hyphenated...
He would have been born Thomas Cocke-Pain(e.)
nuxvomica
(12,421 posts)7. Powerful quote. I hope the RWers don't use it.
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?
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
so he stands beside me.
We are woke.
And for what it is worth, I am proud to be called woke.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)10. On it.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)11. I like this very much.