Notably Quotable: ““A state that cannot safeguard the lives of its citizens has…”

Posted By: Mark Taylor July 16, 2020

 

“A state that cannot safeguard the lives of its citizens has failed a basic test of legitimacy.”

— Glenn Ford, Democrats Will Never Choose Transformative Change – So Give Them No Choice

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“When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight! Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.”

— John Lennon

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““What we’re saying right now is, f*ck you, we’re not wearing any masks. We are Americans — we’re going to do what we want and we want to have fun.”

— Patrick Townsend, owner of Town’s End Bar and Grill in Florence, Northern Kentucky bar owner flouts mask order in viral video

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“More than 2.3 million guns were sold in June, a 145 percent increase from the prior year.” 

— Fox Business News (7/1/20)

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“As with other authoritarians and demagogues, Donald Trump’s threats must be taken seriously. Trump is not engaging in harmless hyperbole or mere attention-seeking and distracting behavior.”

— Chauncey Devega, Mourning in America: But after the Trump era’s darkness, a rebirth is still possible

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“Not that Trump cares about any of the suffering he’s inflicting on Republican voters, organizers or politicians as the price they pay for supporting him. On the contrary, he’s such a sociopathic narcissist that he probably gets off on the way Republicans keep swallowing his abuse and asking for more. An ass-kicking in November may well be coming, and Trump will make sure his followers suffer even more along the way.”

—  Amanda Marcotte, The sheep-like loyalty of Trump supporters is starting to backfire

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“How many times does the Confederacy have to fall before everyone agrees it was a lost cause? How many times must Lee go down to defeat before the bugle sounds? Where are the statues of the abolitionists? Where are the tributes to the Black Union soldiers who helped turn the tide of war? Why can’t we find honest accounts of slavery chiseled in stone instead of banished to unread chapters of high school history books?”

— Tony Norman, The Day They Tore Old Dixie Down

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“The first rule for every incoming freshman Democrat in Congress should be that you never work with a Cheney on war policy. The second rule for every freshman Democrat should be: re-read the first rule and make damn sure to follow it.”

— David Sirota, Why Are House Democrats Siding With Liz Cheney to Prolong Endless War in Afghanistan?

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“You know, it’s a sad day when I can see better than your 20/20 vision.”
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“I cover politics and I loathe politicians.”