I came across these today, while I was thinking about the mess with the Richland 2 school board.
"If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve." - William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1899)
"A healhy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful." - Charles W. Pickering (1937- )
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato (429?–347 B.C.E)
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times or moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." - Noam Chomsky (1928- )
"A healhy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful." - Charles W. Pickering (1937- )
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato (429?–347 B.C.E)
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times or moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." - Noam Chomsky (1928- )
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." John Philpot Curran (1750-1817)
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