John Gaddis

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John’s Quotes

“Guns belong to soldiers, not civilians.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Heart Force One: Need No Gun to Defend Society

tags: 2nd-amendment, firearms, gun-control, gun-laws, gun-owners, gun-rights, gun-violence, mass-shooting, soldiers, veterans

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“While skepticism is healthy, cynicism, real cynicism, is toxic.”
― John Oliver

tags: cynicism, last-week-tonight, skepticism

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“Our own brand of democracy has reached a point in its evolution where we expect ruthless, self-protective pragmatism from our politicians, rather than idealism; where noble sentiments are likely to be dismissed as the 'vision thing'; where winning is everything, civility is in short supply, and the lack of respect between political opponents - sometimes amounting almost to loathing - only serves to reinforce voters' cynicism about all of them (a cynicism deepened when voters occasionally learn that some of these combatants are actually quite friendly with each other offstage).”
― Hugh Mackay, Australia Reimagined: Towards a More Compassionate, Less Anxious Society

tags: australia, cynical, cynicism, democracy, disrespect, distrust, politics, power

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“Leeches live by guns, legends live by ideas.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

tags: brainy-quotes, gun-control, gun-rights, gun-violence, ideas, nonviolence, revolution, social-justice, social-reform, violence

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“Life everywhere is affected by these fires. Residents of Malibu have brought their animals to the beaches for safety, shelter and companionship...
California is a paradise for all. A gift. We are sad to not be able to defend it against Mother Nature's wrath. We love California. We are not ill-prepared. We are up against something bigger than we have ever seen. It's too big for some to see at all. Firefighters have never seen anything like this in their lives. I have heard that said countless times in the past two days, and I have lost my home before to a California fire, now another.
Hopefully we can come together to take Climate Change on. We have the tools and could do it if we tried. There is no downside...
- more at neil young archives website”
― Neil Young

tags: california-wildfires, climate-change, environmental-protection, fire, save-the-earth

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