Alexis de Tocqueville said “America is great because it is good.” We will reclaim our greatness only by reclaiming our goodness. Individually we’re as decent as any other people, but we need to express our goodness in the public as well as the private sphere. #collectivekarma

Mar 14, 2018 · 7:16 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
And in what David Brookes calls the revolution of small kindnesses, eg, common courtesy and good manners in our daily interactions.
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Definitely. But small kindnesses are not enough. We need big kindnesses too. There is some really big hate our there and it needs to be countered by some really big love.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I’m exhausted by it all.. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏☮️✝️💜
Replying to @marwilliamson @OHMOONDANCE
Trump is not the person to hold USA to that standard. I don’t know how clear he can show that he is totally unfit for office. What is the tipping point. Where is the line in the sand. Or is it all sand
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Replying to @marwilliamson
And by ‘goodness’ I think you do not mean the kind pushed on us by the radical right evangelical cult?
Replying to @marwilliamson @AndieMacDowell3
IT IS NOT GREAT OR GOOD, IT IS RACIST, IMPERIALIST, GREEDY, AND STUPID.
Replying to @marwilliamson
The author of "America the Beautiful" believed the same. If it were our national anthem, we'd remember this more often.
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Still believe we've become more about me than we. Care by race, money and education.
Replying to @marwilliamson
1) 😏That’s not what’s going on right now. Marianne, the president is talking about arming teachers and staff, that’s what’s being collectively expressed. That’s what’s going to be legislated if we’re not careful; a direction has already been taken. What does marching achieve?
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Replying to @marwilliamson
For those who don’t understand, Stop trying to put the right shoe on the left foot.
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