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rustbeltvoice

(493 posts)

16. Is yours a question of mercy?

Reply to Laxman (Reply #12)

Sat Feb 1, 2014, 12:51 AM

Feb 2014

"How can one ask for mercy
when one refuses to give to another;
If we expect to receive mercy, we should give mercy."
--St. Caesarius of Arles *c.470, 542†

How often do Republicans reciprocate mercy? In our lifetimes, which is the go to example?

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