There is something within our biological structure that screams out and says it is morally wrong for the … - Rick Atkinson

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We are all pioneers in the Age of Aquarius. No man can give a man anything other than love. No man can give a man anything other than hope. No man can give a man anything but service. The only thing you can do is act like a forklift-go into the dirt and lift the other person and put him on track, so he can proceed.

Rick Atkinson

There is something within our biological structure that screams out and says it is morally wrong for the old to outlive the young. This is one of the times when God doesn’t seem to make sense. This is the worst that life gets.

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Global war is a clash of systems, not just battalions biffing one another in some godforsaken forest.

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