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6. You have my gratitude
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 07:45 PM
Feb 2014

Churchill said it well: "If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."

Some people would say that we earn or are granted rights. That's just a lot of bull. Others say that rights are attributes of our humanity. I can't deny that but rights are more than that. To say that a right is as much a part of the human condition as is having a nose or a left index finger isn't wrong but it hardly covers the idea. To respect the rights of another, places that person as important and equal to yourself. When will people realize that there's not much that feels better than giving to another, and that giving respect costs nothing and gives so much to both parties?

Thanks for this OP and have a great week.

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