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“We have to ask ourselves: ‘Is this the kind of society we want? Is this the sort of thing we ought to tolerate?’ It has become overwhelming, and yet there doesn’t seem to be any national outcry. People have pretty much accepted what is truly a terrible situation. We should not allow ourselves to remain comfortable knowing that so many people are in such deep trouble. Above all, I’d like to see people get angry, really angry—angry to the point where we say, ‘We can’t have this. It isn’t right.’ ”
― Bob Herbert, Losing Our Way: An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America

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― Bob Herbert, Losing Our Way: An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America