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| "Remember when Thoreau said "To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it. After all, the practical reason why, when the power is once in the hands of the people, a majority are permitted, and for a long period continue, to rule, is not because they are most likely to be in the right, nor because this seems fairest to the minority, but because they are physically the strongest. But a government in which the majority rule in all cases cannot be based on justice, even as far as men understand it. Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?— in which majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of expediency is applicable? Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right. It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience; but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience. Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice." Yeah. That was pretty cool." -Cal Robertson | "Remember when Thoreau said "To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it. After all, the practical reason why, when the power is once in the hands of the people, a majority are permitted, and for a long period continue, to rule, is not because they are most likely to be in the right, nor because this seems fairest to the minority, but because they are physically the strongest. But a government in which the majority rule in all cases cannot be based on justice, even as far as men understand it. Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?— in which majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of expediency is applicable? Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right. It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience; but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience. Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice." Yeah. That was pretty cool." -Cal Robertson | ||
| "The needle on my record player has been wearing thin. This record has been playing since the day you went with him. No more long rides home. No more of your station. I didn’t like it anyways. Remember the time we wrote our names upon the wall? Remember the time we realized thriller was our favorite song? Have I waited too long? Have I found that someone? Have I waited too long to see you? Maybe it’s for the best. Maybe it’s not for anything. It wouldn’t be so bad to take this right from me. How many times I’ve tried. It’s simple to you, so simple to lie. How many times I’ve tried blatant mistakes of your design. How many times I’ve tried. It’s simple to you, so simple to lie. Blatant mistakes of your design."- Excerpt from unpublished memoirs of Cal Robertson, titled "Me and the Hooch and Me Again" | |||
| ===Filmography=== | ===Filmography=== | ||
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Cal Robertson is an actor, starring in Zero Day with a role in the upcoming Strangers with Candy movie. He is also an outspoken proponent of floor hockey, siting it's transcendental advantages. He is currently a resident of East Lyme, Connecticut attending Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. Cal is an avid table tennis player and plays electric guitar in a rock band.
Quotes
"Remember when Thoreau said "To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it. After all, the practical reason why, when the power is once in the hands of the people, a majority are permitted, and for a long period continue, to rule, is not because they are most likely to be in the right, nor because this seems fairest to the minority, but because they are physically the strongest. But a government in which the majority rule in all cases cannot be based on justice, even as far as men understand it. Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?— in which majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of expediency is applicable? Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right. It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience; but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience. Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice." Yeah. That was pretty cool." -Cal Robertson
"The needle on my record player has been wearing thin. This record has been playing since the day you went with him. No more long rides home. No more of your station. I didn’t like it anyways. Remember the time we wrote our names upon the wall? Remember the time we realized thriller was our favorite song? Have I waited too long? Have I found that someone? Have I waited too long to see you? Maybe it’s for the best. Maybe it’s not for anything. It wouldn’t be so bad to take this right from me. How many times I’ve tried. It’s simple to you, so simple to lie. How many times I’ve tried blatant mistakes of your design. How many times I’ve tried. It’s simple to you, so simple to lie. Blatant mistakes of your design."- Excerpt from unpublished memoirs of Cal Robertson, titled "Me and the Hooch and Me Again"
Filmography
- Zero Day (2003)
- The Sopranos
- "All Happy Families" (2004)
- Rescue Me
- "Gay" (2004)
- Strangers with Candy (film) (2005)