“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” - Abraham Lincoln

Oct 13, 2020 · 6:29 AM UTC

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I’m laughing at reading everybody’s responses and okay I get the irony. But I still think he would’ve said it because the larger point remains. Transformations created at the ballot box are more profound for a society in the long run than is the assassination of any one person.
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I'd like to thank the president for such powerful words
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Yea this only works when your party isn't suppressing the vote. The party greed is stronger then the ballot.
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you may want to reread that one out loud and think on it
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thank you Marianne
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Does Democracy really apply to me? I feel like a tool. A mere piece of nonexistent black ice that melts in the place of Democracy.
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Correct, and Abraham Lincoln was a Republican!
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Nobody tell her why Lincoln left office...
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Except when the democracy has been purchased and no longer serves the people. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - JFK
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That tweet didn't age well.
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