A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself.…

John Kennedy Toole
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A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss. ✨ John Kennedy Toole (1980). A Confederacy of Dunces, p.23, Dubois Publishing
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A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss. ✨ John Kennedy Toole (1980). A Confederacy of Dunces, p.23, Dubois Publishing

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