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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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The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. – Woodrow Wilson

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. – Thomas Paine

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

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

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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swans egg. – Hans Christian Andersen

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Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts. – Elizabeth I

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Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. – Larry McMurtry, Some Can Whistle

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