“The difference between the government and thieves is that thieves don’t pretend they’re helping”

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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

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Entry from April 23, 2020

“The difference between the government and thieves is that thieves don’t pretend they’re helping”

Entry in progress—B.P

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The only thing between #government and thieves, is that thieves don’t pretend they’re helping you.
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The difference between government and thieves is that thieves don’t pretend they’re helping you.
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The only difference between the government and thieves is that thieves don’t pretend they’re helping you.
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