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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Quote of the day


"When it shall be said in any country in the world, my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am the friend of its happiness: when these things can be said, then may that country boast its constitution and its government."

--Thomas Paine

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

this is utopia, and cannot be attained. Jails are empty? poor are happy?
-Gravy Train...

Mo Rage said...

"Man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for?"