Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 16, 2019
If you fail to act now, history will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Said by
Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin references Martin Luther King's warning about inaction during critical times.

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