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elleng

(130,865 posts)
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 01:01 PM Feb 2017

'Resistance is a choice.

Character is the product of a lifetime — the lifetime of our Nation. That character has taken a hit. It hurts me deeply to write this: Liberty’s flame has been extinguished. For the first time — and in our time — the American flame of human dignity has been put out.

The question is whether we have the grit, the determination, and the courage to hold strong to our principles as a people, and re-light that Torch of Liberty. Read my full piece below.'



Yours truly,

Martin


https://medium.com/@MartinOMalley/letters-from-boston-resistance-is-a-choice-2e095f397aed#.otulcer7k

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