"Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes."
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"The basis of a democratic state is liberty"
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"The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves."
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"America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men."
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"From every mountain side, Let freedom ring."
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"Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose."
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"Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe."
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"Lenity will operate with greater force, in some instances, than rigor. It is, therefore, my first wish, to have my whole conduct distinguished by it."
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"In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline."
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"Wish not so much to live long as to live well."
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"Love your Neighbour; yet don't pull down your Hedge."
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"The United States is not a nation of people which in the long run allows itself to be pushed around."
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"Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gain'd my freedom."
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"Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world."
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"Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free."
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"The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American."
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"War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will."
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"What to the Slave is the 4th of July."
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"There is something magnificent in having a country to love."
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"Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable"
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