This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing

This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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

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