(September 24, 2022 at 11:10 am)Jehanne Wrote:(September 24, 2022 at 11:07 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I’m not sure that accepting defeat qualifies Nixon as a ‘patriot’, since every losing presidential candidate (bar Trump) has done exactly that. It’s just business as usual, nothing special. It’s like declaring someone a patriot for driving a car or having running water.
Boru
Quote:At the end of the Revolutionary War, many people in America and Europe thought Washington would retain the reins of power to become the leader of the new nation, or even king. When told by the American artist Benjamin West that Washington was going to resign, King George III of England said "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."
Maryland State House -- George Washington's Resignation
Dafuq has that got to do with my post?
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
