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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Lone Ranger never existed, and neither do magic silver bullets [View all]
You can't make a difference by riding alone astride a white horse, firing off your little sixgun
Changing things is hard work
The harder the conflict, (said Paine) the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.
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| Always vote for the lesser of two evils in every electoral contest | |
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| Listen to the folk you think you can persuade, and don't waste time arguing with the unpersuadable | |
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| Sometimes the only preaching the choir really needs is: Get off your butts and really do something | |
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The Lone Ranger never existed, and neither do magic silver bullets [View all]
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
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The Republicans started 40 years ago running for any local elected office they could find.
RC
Feb 2014
#1
Interstin man. But seems to me we'd honor Reeves best by rememberin him as himself, rather than
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#6
However claims that he never existed do not serve his memory at all, they deny it.
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2014
#12
Doesn't look like a particularly productive topic of conversation to me
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#8