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Published: 2012-03-20 16:37:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 1259; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 21
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The quotation is a very slight paraphrase of the words of Henry David Thoreau who spoke them to his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson, upon Emerson's visit to Thoreau in jail for refusal to pay his taxes in protest against the Mexican-American War.
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AmericanDralion [2013-09-26 20:16:46 +0000 UTC]

This could almost be from "Matrix"

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lisa-im-laerm [2013-09-25 14:51:03 +0000 UTC]

great

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poasterchild In reply to lisa-im-laerm [2013-09-25 17:06:17 +0000 UTC]

One of the first ones I did. Β Thanks for noticing.

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lisa-im-laerm In reply to poasterchild [2013-09-26 12:41:39 +0000 UTC]

you started very good! Congrats!

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Jesus-mothic-freak [2012-06-07 09:21:24 +0000 UTC]

i dont get it...

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poasterchild In reply to Jesus-mothic-freak [2012-06-07 09:25:18 +0000 UTC]

He's in prison. See the handcuffs? The quotation is a slightly altered version of the words Henry David Thoreau spoke to his friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson when Emerson came to visit Thoreau in jail, who was incarcerated for refusing to pay taxes that were to fund the Mexican-American War in the 1840s.

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Jesus-mothic-freak In reply to poasterchild [2012-06-07 09:26:34 +0000 UTC]

oh... i get it now - i think.
well, mostly i do ^^
thanks!

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poasterchild In reply to Jesus-mothic-freak [2012-06-07 09:30:15 +0000 UTC]

Read up on it. If you don't understand history, you'll be victimized by those who do. Knowledge is power.

You can read Thoreau's classic work, "Civil Disobedience" here [link] complete with annotations.

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Jesus-mothic-freak In reply to poasterchild [2012-06-07 09:31:25 +0000 UTC]

yeah ur telling me. i have so much that i wanted to research and study up about. unfortunately i have not the time at the moment...
but i will definitely when it's possible.
thanks!

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KimHeiseArt [2012-05-25 01:54:41 +0000 UTC]

great quote!

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TheAnonymousZ [2012-05-25 00:27:09 +0000 UTC]

You haven't used this image in quite a while.

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Horror-of-Pavlov [2012-03-21 09:12:14 +0000 UTC]

Nice.

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juniXII [2012-03-20 23:24:52 +0000 UTC]

Love this one

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HashashinsHate [2012-03-20 22:38:47 +0000 UTC]

I seriously need to find my Guy Fawkes mask.

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