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5. As long as we stay open to the lessons of history (more Voltaire, please) we can't be bamboozled

Sat May 25, 2019, 04:58 PM

May 2019

by the noise of fearmongers, dictators and fascists.

History kills fascists.

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Here's a voice from the REAL age of Enlightenment: [View all] dixiegrrrrl May 2019 OP

Appropriate right from the start of this administration. pazzyanne May 2019 #1

It really is unbelievable. watoos May 2019 #4

I swear I saw a hole in Hillary's tongue. watoos May 2019 #2

Great quote malaise May 2019 #3

If only we (actually, I mean *they*) only lived according to these quotes: eppur_se_muova May 2019 #6

Given that the public school books leave a lot out dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #8

so simple, yet says so much. mountain grammy May 2019 #7

Our existence is an absurdity. Jim__ May 2019 #9

I'm wondering if a millennial would even know who Votaire is / was. YOHABLO May 2019 #12

Well, I did not know until college dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #13