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mojowork_n

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5. Welcome to D.U.

Reply to andrewtuggen (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 04:11 PM

Oct 2012

A whole lot there, in a little bit of space, isn't it?

"The love of liberty is the love of others;
the love of power is the love of ourselves." -- William Hazlitt

...or as Jimi Hendrix rephrased it (pretty much the same idea) --

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

(Explains that "last refuge of a scoundrel" quote, too.)

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Old Guy with a Story to Tell. (And suggestion, at the end.) [View all] mojowork_n Oct 2012 OP

VERY good read indeed! benld74 Oct 2012 #1

There's a lot to be said for the L o n g View. mojowork_n Oct 2012 #2

K & R nt abelenkpe Oct 2012 #3

one of the most truthful paragraphs I have read andrewtuggen Oct 2012 #4

Welcome to D.U. mojowork_n Oct 2012 #5