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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts) Mon Jun 11, 2012, 08:31 AM Jun 2012

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"The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you are going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins. In order for somebody to win an important, major fight 100 years hence, a lot of other people have got to be willing -- for the sheer fun and joy of it -- to go right ahead and fight, knowing you're going to lose. You mustn't feel like a martyr. You've got to enjoy it."

-- I.F. Stone (1907-1989)
Investigative journalist

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A thought [View all] WilliamPitt Jun 2012 OP

Now that's something to start a Monday with! turtlerescue1 Jun 2012 #1

k&r tk2kewl Jun 2012 #2

I am old enough to remember a time when bills in congress started years before and took many jwirr Jun 2012 #3

i was bitching to a friend about some troubles with the city, mopinko Jun 2012 #4

The race is not to the swift but to the oppositional, the compulsive and the obsessive. EFerrari Jun 2012 #5

Good sense is often Mira Jun 2012 #6

This reminds me of the philosophy of Atticus Finch. n/t fruitsmoothie45 Jun 2012 #7

"Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for." nt raouldukelives Jun 2012 #8

The Speaker of the House, John Boehnor, is a traitor. Major Hogwash Jun 2012 #9

Up WilliamPitt Jun 2012 #10

And it's a very good thought, my dear Will...I so agree. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2012 #11

ALDONZA: Why do you do these things? pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #12

Thanks for the quote, pinboy3niner.... tex-wyo-dem Jun 2012 #13

+ 1,000,000,000... What You And Quixote Said !!! WillyT Jun 2012 #14

+1 WilliamPitt Jun 2012 #15