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edhopper

(33,587 posts)
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 01:41 PM Jan 2022

The best lack all conviction,

while the worst are full of passionate intensity.*

Has it ever been more true as we watch the GOP slowly take away Democracy and the Democrats are unable to stop it because of the lack of conviction of a few.


*From Yeats' The Second Coming

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The best lack all conviction, (Original Post) edhopper Jan 2022 OP
Beautiful, depressing poem nt XanaDUer2 Jan 2022 #1
Such nightmarish imagery. But so applicable. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #2
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