For activists who want to preserve constitutional democracy, who don't believe in hereditary aristocracy, who believe that teachers … - Keith Ellison

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The longing for order is at the same time a longing for death, because life is an incessant disruption of order.

Keith Ellison

For activists who want to preserve constitutional democracy, who don't believe in hereditary aristocracy, who believe that teachers ought to be able to deduct the 250 bucks of school supplies that they bring - they might spend their own money for in a classroom, then you still have time to fight a horrible piece of legislation.

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