"We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake"

[grasswire]

“We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.”

– Frederick Douglass

[Raven]

1. What strikes me about that quote is that it could come from a

Tea Bagger or a Progressive.

[Control-Z]

6. Indeed.

Made me think.

[yellerpup]

2. I am rabble and I am roused by this quote

from Frederick Douglass. Now is the time, both here and throughout the world. Thanks. :kick: & Rec.

[grasswire]

3. it gives me goosebumps n/t

[yellerpup]

4. Me, too. n/t

:hi:

[Brigid]

5. I know this much:

If we do need the storm, whirlwind, and earthquake, we're sure as hell getting them.

[alterfurz]

7. my favorite Douglass quote

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them. -- Frederick Douglass

Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached. -- Kafka

Here in Wisconsin, King Scott's doing all he can to help us find out Douglass's limit, and help us reach Kafka's point.

[grasswire]

8. .

[Xicano]

9. "Do I believe in arbitration?"

"Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion. I believe in arbitration between two lions or two lambs. When a man puts a pistol to my head and tells me to deliver, there is no arbitration. There can be arbitration only between equals. Let us organize: then we will stand on an equal footing with the employers."

- Samuel Gompers

[Delphinus]

10. This is

*quite* powerful. Thank you.