A co-worker of mine said it best yesterday when, during a discussion on all the erosion of liberties here in the US, he said (and I’m paraphrasing here):<\/p>\n
It’s sad, but our government has become evil – and “all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.<\/span>*”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now the question is, do YOU<\/span> consider yourself to be a “good man” (or woman)… and have you been doing nothing<\/span>?<\/p>\n
*I don’t know who said that quote originally; I’ve seen it attributed to several different people.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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