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MKSixer - HALP! You are likely more cultured than I, but I've always attributed the quote "The just man disobeys the unjust law" to Plato, in reference to Socrates death. However, in google searching it, I cannot find any support for that reference - was it Plato?
Seems like it may be more St. Thomas Aquinas, or Crito saying it to Socrates. |
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But, to the above, while I was searching through Plato's quotes, I came across one that I quite like (admittedly, not a word for word translation apparently, but certainly the spirit to which he said it):
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato |
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Edit: If it makes you feel better, my mom still thinks I'm a knuckle dragger at times. Just better dressed and a bit more well spoken than most other knuckle draggers!!
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GenXer that is a statement we always used in the military...
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When I was in the US Army and we just got assigned a shitty and sometimes dangerous assignment:
"I can't believe this is happening!"
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Watched that last night, after the annual Grinch viewing!
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And back at ya Murph. Indulged again last night in my very favorite movie of all time, as well as the best damn Christmas movie of all time. Treated myself with a bottle of 1975 Dow Port. Some may consider me a knuckle dragger, but to them I say Get Off My Lawn M. F...er!
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