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#3191voted by our readers
By Abril12 SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin

Freedom of speech was not just given to us, it was fought for. Watching and hearing the heroic stories of American soldiers protecting our country makes me appreciate what they sac...
Abril12 SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#3192 Opinion
By Seastman1 BRONZE
Smithfield, Rhode Island
Seastman1 BRONZE, Smithfield, Rhode Island
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
LRotenstein GOLD, Ashland, Massachusetts
15 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If your normal the crowd will accept you, be deranged and the crowd will make you their leader." Christopher Titus

#3194 Opinion
By Anonymous
#3195 Opinion
By PenguinFeet GOLD
Bellevue, Washington
PenguinFeet GOLD, Bellevue, Washington
19 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Yeah, well, who but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren't we all just a little crazy?" - Dulcie, in Libba Bray's Going Bovine

#3196 Opinion
By JakeNeal SILVER
Woodland Park, Colorado
JakeNeal SILVER, Woodland Park, Colorado
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#3197 Opinion
K.aitlyn BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#3198 Opinion
By peppershmepper SILVER
Wallingford, Connecticut
peppershmepper SILVER, Wallingford, Connecticut
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#3199 Opinion
beautifulspirit PLATINUM, Alpharetta, Georgia
35 articles 0 photos 1398 comments

Favorite Quote:
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.<br /> --Eleanor Roosevelt

#3200 Opinion
By nat.a.lat GOLD
Manhattan, Kansas
nat.a.lat GOLD, Manhattan, Kansas
11 articles 13 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow.&rdquo; - Margaret Atwood