"We have no poor houses in the Colonies,……" — Benjamin Franklin

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• When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the… — John Henrik Clarke
• Deep religious beliefs stemming from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible inspired many of the early settlers of… — Ronald Reagan
• The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in… — Thomas Jefferson
• I believe that the only way that the human race is gonna survive is to start colonizing space and setting… — Ace Frehley
• So that's our new flag. The thing we've been fighting for-thirteen stripes for the colonies and thirteen stars in a… — Lamar Trotti
• It was astonishing that for some considerable distance around the mould growth the staphococcal colonies were undergoing lysis. What had… — Alexander Fleming
• It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every… — Henry Lawson
• The foreign policy aim of ants can be summed up as follows: restless aggression, territorial conquest, and genocidal annihilation of… — Bert Holldobler
• Artist colonies are notorious for breaking up marriages and housing affairs. — Kerry Cohen
• Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our… — George W. Bush
• Our situation is truly delicate & critical. On the one hand we are in need of a strong federal government… — Mercy Otis Warren
• And if a minister shall usurp the supreme and absolute govern ment of America, and set up his instructions as… — Samuel Adams

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