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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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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. – Thomas Paine

Liberty is the breath of life to nations. – George Bernard Shaw

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. – Simone de Beauvoir

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

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