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#15981voted by our readers
By MJR00 SILVER
Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania

Why must we ask permission to be ourselves? Why must we pay for simple rights? Why must we work so much for so little? Why must we give in exchange for an incentive? Why...
MJR00 SILVER, Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania
9 articles 2 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself&quot;(Rachel Carson).<br /> <br /> &quot;You can&#039;t save all of the shots, but you must believe you can&quot; (Anonymous).


#15982 Opinion
ProudDemocrat BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 4 comments
Ms.Alice BRONZE, Barrie, Other
1 article 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Resistance- because if we fight we might lose; but if we don&#039;t fight we&#039;ve already lost.

#15984 Opinion
By 21anaort BRONZE
South Windsor, Connecticut
21anaort BRONZE, South Windsor, Connecticut
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
shuyantian SILVER, Nanjing, Other
5 articles 2 photos 0 comments
#15986 Opinion
By elektrisitee BRONZE
Croswell, Michigan
elektrisitee BRONZE, Croswell, Michigan
3 articles 4 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You are everything I knew you could be, my sweet elektrisitee&quot;

#15987 Opinion
By messylexi BRONZE
Norristown, Pennsylvania
messylexi BRONZE, Norristown, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#15989 Opinion
By mkd16 SILVER
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
mkd16 SILVER, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#15990 Opinion
By CarolineF. DIAMOND
Yanceyville, North Carolina
CarolineF. DIAMOND, Yanceyville, North Carolina
54 articles 17 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever par