So this on the office wall of a friend in Tallahassee, member of FL Public Service Commission, consultant to a law firm, raiser of some very fine quail dogs, hunting guide to judges and governors:

I paraphrase from memory:

'...In the event of total nuclear war, the United States will have a major setback, however, there will be pockets of humanity that will survive. Largely, Washington DC, and most major cities, will be annihilated. And, while the original documents that are the foundation and backbone of this great country will likely be destroyed, they can be reproduced from copies that exist all over this land, or from computer records.

It will take a while, but the people of the USA will pick up, they will go on, the economy and our way of life will eventually return to normal, and we will again be a great nation...........................


................. UNLESS - a disproportionate number of attorneys survive...'


"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867

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