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Someone who would go across a desert that can kill you, to get to another country? You want to be an American that bad? 'Cause I've never had to lift my damn finger to be an American. I'm honored to share a country with you.

— Henry Rollins

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You always know the mark of a coward. A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others.

Talk is Cheap Volume 1 (1998)

Knowledge without Mileage is bullshit to me.

Don't hide behind the Constitution or the Bible. If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, 'I am a homophobe!'

Talk is Cheap Volume 1 (1998)

Cynicism is only intellectual sloth.

In many ways, America is on the receiving end of a pendulum that has been swung with great force, and for a long time, outward into the world. The impact is a wake-up call on every level.

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