“We must go to God Boot Camp and straighten our own lives up so we can help people out in the rest of the world and guide them down the stairs and out of the building into safety.”

—  Glenn Beck

"Restoring Honor" rally, Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, 2010-08-28
2010s, 2010

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