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"But justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-growing stream" - Comey tweet w (Original Post) Iwasthere Dec 2017 OP
? 2naSalit Dec 2017 #1
MTE. Comey said what, when? anneboleyn Dec 2017 #2
Comey tweet here: emulatorloo Dec 2017 #3
Quote from the Old Testament book of Amos gratuitous Dec 2017 #5
Comey tweet here emulatorloo Dec 2017 #7
In other words.... C_U_L8R Dec 2017 #4
I want justice Sanity Claws Dec 2017 #6
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." workinclasszero Dec 2017 #8
I like to see Theodore Parker (1810-1860) credited with delisen Dec 2017 #16
Perfect. n/t janx Dec 2017 #9
"Comey taunts Trump on Twitter with righteous Bible verse about 'justice' " emulatorloo Dec 2017 #10
Comey posturing delisen Dec 2017 #11
Agreed. But I am not sure why you wrote "n/t" in your subject line. StevieM Dec 2017 #13
Error; poor proofreading. delisen Dec 2017 #17
Well, that's certainly evocative, considering the allegations of kompromat... WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #12
Why does this remind me of this scene? Dread Pirate Roberts Dec 2017 #14
what? Locrian Dec 2017 #21
Say what again! I double dare you! Dread Pirate Roberts Dec 2017 #22
What ain't no country I've ever heard of. They speak English in what?! Locrian Dec 2017 #24
I like the ever-growing stream part. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2017 #15
I like the sentiment, but Comey can go jump. cwydro Dec 2017 #18
No Comey memo, no President Trump. dalton99a Dec 2017 #19
:Sigh: demmiblue Dec 2017 #20
Someone has seen the pee tape Gothmog Dec 2017 #23

emulatorloo

(44,211 posts)
3. Comey tweet here:
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:17 PM
Dec 2017

"But justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” Amos 5:24


gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. Quote from the Old Testament book of Amos
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:19 PM
Dec 2017

Often cited by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Era. As you might guess, this is not a favored verse among the powerful or the oppressors.

emulatorloo

(44,211 posts)
7. Comey tweet here
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:20 PM
Dec 2017

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"But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” Amos 5:24

delisen

(6,046 posts)
16. I like to see Theodore Parker (1810-1860) credited with
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:44 PM
Dec 2017

this statement which has been quoted by Abraham Lincoln as well as by MLK, JR and others.

Theodore Parker was a Unitarian and Abolitionist. Remembering him is to remember that there has been a moral voice of America from early on---and it is the tradition we labor in --even when it seems to be almost silenced by the anti-democracy forces.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
13. Agreed. But I am not sure why you wrote "n/t" in your subject line.
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:40 PM
Dec 2017

That means that there is nothing in the body of the message text and you don't need to click on the post.

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