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“To sit home, read one’s favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men doing.”

Theodore Roosevelt

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It's simple to stay at home, read the news, and make fun of the mistakes of people who take action. But this doesn't help. This is what bad people expect good people to do.

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