"Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty." — John Lothrop Motley

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• The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
• The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. — Saint Augustine
• The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's… — Richard Bach
• Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in… — HonorÈ De Balzac
• The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins. — Clara Barton
• The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion… — Pope Benedict XVI
• In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and… — Annie Besant
• The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron… — Otto von Bismarck
• Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade… — Joe Biden
• But the love of adventure was in father's blood. — Buffalo Bill
• I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. — Bjork
• Everybody's always asking me about my blood pressure. They did an interview once where they hooked me up to a… — Lewis Black

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