I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall, nor our people fail. Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)
“The truth of this shutdown is that it is not actually about a wall, it
is not about the border, and it is certainly not about the well-being of
everyday Americans. The truth is, this shutdown is about the erosion of
American democracy and the subversion of our most basic governmental
norms. It is not normal to hold 800,000 workers’ paychecks hostage. It
is not normal to shut down the government when we don’t get what we
want. It is not normal for public servants to run away and hide from the
public that they serve. And it is certainly not normal to starve the
people we serve for a proposal that is wildly unpopular among the
American people.” (via DC Tribune)
