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That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges. – John Burroughs, Journal

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How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy. – Paul Sweeney

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. – Thomas Macaulay

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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