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We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty. – George Washington, attributed

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There is not a thread in it but scorns self-indulgence, weakness and rapacity. – Charles Evans Hughes

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