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Top voted Social Issues / Civics Articles

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#4971voted by our readers
By MatieKae GOLD
Strafford, Missouri

Freedom: The basis of our belief system. Our whole society revolves around the belief that we have it. But do we really? We set-up organizations and governments that limit our free...
MatieKae GOLD, Strafford, Missouri
10 articles 12 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Today you are you and that is truer than true, there is no one alive who is youer than you.&quot;<br /> -Dr. Seuss<br /> <br /> &quot;The pen is mightier than the sword.&quot;


#4972 Opinion
By Christina Exconde BRONZE
Plainfield, Illinois
Christina Exconde BRONZE, Plainfield, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Dianna BRONZE, Boulder, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#4974 Opinion
By roguemilk BRONZE
Henderson, Nevada
roguemilk BRONZE, Henderson, Nevada
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
You are remembered by the rules you break, but not the rules you follow

#4975 Opinion
By Anonymous
#4976 Opinion
By Anonymous
NooberGoodle BRONZE, Bellbrook, Ohio
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I cannot live without books.&quot;-Thomas Jefferson<br /> &quot;The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not a pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid&quot;-Jane Austen

#4978 Opinion
balachakra PLATINUM, Coimbatore, Other
23 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
people say that changes in life are acceptable...but whats true....<br /> the changes are not acceptable but its adaptable

#4979 Opinion
By AndriaGromley SILVER
Hillsdale, Pennsylvania
AndriaGromley SILVER, Hillsdale, Pennsylvania
8 articles 2 photos 113 comments

Favorite Quote:
Yesterday, upon the stair,<br /> I met a man who wasn&rsquo;t there<br /> He wasn&rsquo;t there again today<br /> I wish, I wish he&rsquo;d go away...

#4980 Opinion
By CatCam GOLD
San Diego, California
CatCam GOLD, San Diego, California
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Writers aren&#039;t exactly people, they&#039;re a whole lot of people trying to be one person&quot; F. Scott Fitzgerald.