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mac56

(17,824 posts) Mon Oct 20, 2025, 05:19 PM Oct 2025

Mark Twain

“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”

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Mark Twain (Original Post) mac56 Oct 2025 OP

Another! TheProle Oct 2025 #1

Clemons is amazing ITAL Oct 2025 #2

Restance is required for freedom WmChris Oct 2025 #3

TheProle

(4,094 posts)

1. Another!

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Mon Oct 20, 2025, 05:25 PM

Oct 2025

“The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.” ― Mark Twain

ITAL

(1,376 posts)

2. Clemons is amazing

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Mon Oct 20, 2025, 05:31 PM

Oct 2025

"If we would learn what the human race really is at the bottom, we need only observe it in election times."

WmChris

(784 posts)

3. Restance is required for freedom

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 05:32 PM

Oct 2025

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
- Albert Einstein Ω NOW

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