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Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts) Mon Mar 22, 2021, 12:33 PM Mar 2021

Anyone familiar with this quote? I just came upon it while reading... [View all]

"If we are to have another conflict in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason's and Dixon's, but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other."

Though not uttered recently, it retains a certain relevancy, n'est pas?

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Anyone familiar with this quote? I just came upon it while reading... [View all] Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 OP

Oui. elleng Mar 2021 #1

A Republican, no less n/t True Dough Mar 2021 #2

Yes, he made it in 1875. Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #4

It illustrates the point that a Civil War now would be nothing like the old one FakeNoose Mar 2021 #3

And when Grant said that he wasn't musing about something abstract Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #7

It really does. I find myself wishing so much I could just talk to you guys about LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #5

My last remaining source of hope for the foreseeable future is Biden's economic agenda Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #6

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #9

Even little things, like acting like being nice or kind are weaknesses and to be LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #8

"Patriotism" can be every bit as rotten as religion. hunter Mar 2021 #10

Yes, but words are symbols for concepts. What "patriotism" means differs depending on the person Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #11