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> [“When I started doing community organizing in Boston's neighborhoods, working on all the issues that had affected my family - violence, poverty, guns - I realized that the sooner the Irish of Southie came to better understand their history as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-patrick-macdonald/when-i-started-doing-community-organizing-in-boston-s-neighborhoods/)

[Michael Patrick MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-patrick-macdonald/)

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## More by Michael Patrick MacDonald

> [“But the general feeling in the neighborhood was that school was for suckers. The dropouts were the ones who said that the most, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-patrick-macdonald/but-the-general-feeling-in-the-neighborhood-was-that-school-was-for/)

[Michael Patrick MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-patrick-macdonald/)

> [“Look, he's just in another form! Do you understand?" Ma explained. I didn't know where she was going with it. The old man Wren…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-patrick-macdonald/look-he-s-just-in-another-form-do-you-understand-ma-explained-i-didn/)

[Michael Patrick MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-patrick-macdonald/)

> [“I remember hating having to cross over the Broadway Bridge again, having to leave the peninsula neighborhood and go back to my apartment in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-patrick-macdonald/i-remember-hating-having-to-cross-over-the-broadway-bridge-again/)

[Michael Patrick MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-patrick-macdonald/)

> [“It’s funny, I thought, how the people who seem the meanest, the people we want nothing to do with, might be in the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-patrick-macdonald/it-s-funny-i-thought-how-the-people-who-seem-the-meanest-the-people/)

[Michael Patrick MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-patrick-macdonald/)

> [“When I started doing community organizing in Boston's neighborhoods, working on all the issues that had affected my family - violence, poverty, guns -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-patrick-macdonald/when-i-started-doing-community-organizing-in-boston-s-neighborhoods/)

[Michael Patrick MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-patrick-macdonald/)

> [“I stared at them for a good long time, wondering if they didn’t know how to use their wings, of if they just didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-patrick-macdonald/i-stared-at-them-for-a-good-long-time-wondering-if-they-didn-t-know/)

[Michael Patrick MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-patrick-macdonald/)

> [“When the thousands of people sang the national anthem, with their right hands over their chest, I cried. It was as if we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-patrick-macdonald/when-the-thousands-of-people-sang-the-national-anthem-with-their/)

[Michael Patrick MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-patrick-macdonald/)

> [“Someone told me you were worshipping the devil with the punk rocks!" he said, opening the jug. Ma walked into the apartment, and Grandpa…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-patrick-macdonald/someone-told-me-you-were-worshipping-the-devil-with-the-punk-rocks-he/)

[Michael Patrick MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-patrick-macdonald/)

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