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TheProle

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1. Another!

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

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

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