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Duppers

(28,117 posts) Thu Jun 4, 2020, 01:14 AM Jun 2020

I sit on a man's back

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means -- except by getting off his back.

-- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)


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I sit on a man's back (Original Post) Duppers Jun 2020 OP
Fantastic and timely quote. Nevilledog Jun 2020 #1
Thanks. Another one... Duppers Jun 2020 #2

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
2. Thanks. Another one...
Reply to Nevilledog (Reply #1)
Fri Jun 5, 2020, 03:06 AM
Jun 2020

"All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks."
- Sarah Moore Grimke, abolitionist (1792-1873)

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