Tuesday, May 23, 2006

"Thank a protester"

I found this at the bottom of an email that was sent to me by Frank Ford:

If you like your freedoms, ... thank a protester.

-Brian Terrell, director of Catholic Peace Ministry


He references the abolitionist, labor, women's suffrage and civil rights movements as evidence that civil disobedience plays an important role in social change.

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