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What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch.

Martin Sheen
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My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.
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