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Clarence Thomas tells graduates to simply be good citizens
Washington Examiner ^ | May 16,2016 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 05/16/2016 5:25:03 AM PDT by Biggirl

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged college graduates who seek to "preserve liberty" to do so by fulfilling the duties of their daily vocations rather than attempting to achieve sweeping political goals. "At the risk of understating what is necessary to preserve liberty in our form of government, I think more and more that it depends on good citizens, discharging their daily duties in their daily obligations," Thomas said Saturday during a commencement address at Hillsdale College, a small liberal arts college in Michigan.

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To: CrazyIvan

Everyone wants to change the world but nobody wants to change themselves. Leo Tolstoy


21 posted on 05/16/2016 9:10:43 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: CrazyIvan
"Everyone wants to change the world. Nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.” P.J. O’Rourke

I love P.J. but I just heard Mark Steyn say that he read that P.J. said he was voting for Hillary in the context of being a "never Trump" person. I hope that he perhaps missed the sarcasm embedded in what P.J. said. I hope.

22 posted on 05/16/2016 10:15:27 AM PDT by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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To: RedStateRocker

He’ll even tell you on which side to cast your nets for the biggest haul of fish.


23 posted on 05/16/2016 8:14:43 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: Biggirl
What a concept!

The alinsky-lovin obamas are always effectively telling young people to act up.

24 posted on 05/17/2016 6:09:28 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: Redcitizen

Yep.
But only if you are out in the boat and on the job.


25 posted on 05/17/2016 6:35:54 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Better questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.)
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To: RedStateRocker

“get your butt up Monday morning and get about your business, be productive, be doing what your are supposed to be doing”

The more you expect to get out life the more you should be putting into it.


26 posted on 05/17/2016 8:35:47 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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