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Ping Tung

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6. "I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 11:33 AM

Wednesday

"I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in politics, I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all." --Thomas Jefferson

I have the eccentric idea that my vote belongs to me to user (or not use) as I please. We no longer register by party in my state which reinforces the idea of democracy and liberty.