{"id":3897,"date":"2011-03-04T05:17:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T05:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/03\/04\/we-are-told-to-remember-the-idea-not-the-man\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T05:17:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T05:17:05","slug":"we-are-told-to-remember-the-idea-not-the-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/04\/we-are-told-to-remember-the-idea-not-the-man\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

We are told to remember the idea, not the man. Because a man can fail. He can be killed and forgotten. But four hundred years later an idea can still change the world. I\u2019ve witnessed firsthand the power of ideas. I\u2019ve seen people kill in the name of them; and die defending them. But you cannot touch an idea, cannot hold it or kiss it. An idea does not bleed, it cannot feel pain, and it does not love. And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man. A man who made me remember the fifth of November. A man I will never forget.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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V for Vendetta |\u00a0Submitted by\u00a0ageofreason<\/a><\/span> (via quote-book<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The sixth of November was pretty awesome, too. Granted, we had to clean up and return all the bottles, but still.<\/p>\n

(via nezua<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are told to remember the idea, not the man. Because a man can fail. He can be killed and forgotten. But four hundred years later an idea can still change the world. I\u2019ve witnessed firsthand the power of ideas. I\u2019ve seen people kill in the name of them; and die defending them. 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