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Oct. 24, 2016




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"Those who are in favor of abortions argue that the contents of a woman's womb are hers to deal with as she wishes. In a sane world, that would be universally dismissed as the silliest sort of sophistry. By that reasoning, that same woman would have every right to kill a dog or cat simply because it had been fed and sheltered in her home for two or three or, let us say, nine months." —Burt Prelutsky

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"Although our prospect is peace, our policy and purpose are to provide for defense by all those means to which our resources are competent." —Thomas Jefferson (1806)
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