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“What is really shocking in America isn't what's done in and by Washington that is illegal by that what is done in and by Washington that's legal.” quote by George Will — Download Open image

“What is really shocking in America isn't what's done in and by Washington that is illegal by that what is done in and by Washington that's legal.”

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The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and activists - as starting revolutions - does not exist in most people's minds. And I think it's very, very important that folks understand how much this country was founded on the enslavement of blacks, and how…

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I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes]

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