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Jeremiah Horrigan's avatar

Victoria: That quote of his stirs me to this day. He really was a great, though humble, man. Thanks for giving him the attention he deserves. Cheers, despite it all, Jeremiah

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Victoria's avatar

"While there’s plenty of information out there,“It’s getting harder not to be smart but to be wise. It’s harder to see the whole picture, to see beyond the horizon.” Thanks, Jeremiah..I'll carry these around with me for a while.

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Hal Davis's avatar

"What about his post-administration career as a lawyer who won acquittals for war resisters like the Rev. Philip Berrigan?"

As a copyboy at UPI in New York, I worked PR in Ramsy Clark's Senate campaign. As a pacifist and legal reporter for the NY Post, I admired his role in the ludicrous case against Berrigan and others in the New Catholic Left.

Thank you for this:

“The law is pretty darned boring and rigid,” he said. “But it’s an important instrumentality for peace and the protection and rights of the people.”

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“Coercion doesn’t work too well. ... Force creates resistance”

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