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It is an anomaly that we can split the atom, but we are nearly powerless to persuade each other to embrace justice.

Gerry Spence

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Gerry Spence
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: January 8
Lawyer
Laramie
Wyoming
Gerald Leonard Spence
Split
Splits
Powerless
Atoms
Nearly
Anomaly
Embrace
Anomalies
Justice
Atom
Persuade

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The less of one's life one must exchange for money, the more freedom one may enjoy.
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The Internet...has become the voice of the people in the first genuine experiment in democracy yet conducted in America. It stands ready to serve every facet, every faction.
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I am not as concerned about choosing the right words as I am in letting the words flow naturally.
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Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.
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When you are faced with prejudice, logic and justice are impotent. Still, we may have an obligation to argue directly into the face of the prejudice, even though there is no chance to win.
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The ultimate enemy of Democracy is not the drug dealer of the crooked politician or the crazed skinhead. The ultimate enemy is the New King that has become so powerful it can murder its own citizens with impunity.
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To accept capitalism and Free Enterprise as articles of faith without agreeing that we must be free to consider whether what is offered is free and freeing is itself enslavement.
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Today the courts are choked with lawsuits brought by people against the New King. When they sue each other as a result of an automobile accident they in fact sue the King, for both parties are likely insured. Steadily the courts have become clearing-houses for the insurance industry.
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We could advance the human race enormously if we but learned to communicate honestly with our neighbors.
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