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“We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.”

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Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

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The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.

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It is through history that we learn who we are and how we got that way, why and how we changed, why the good…

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There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

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The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.

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It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.

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In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries you have these great nation states hurling their young men at one another. The victory was really going to rest on who could do the best job of bringing up their kids to become efficient and effective soldiers. That's pretty grandiose, I guess, but I do think that, and thank God it's been the…

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You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.

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The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

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Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

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American corporations hate to give away money.

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Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first…

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That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;…

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If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding war, why we need to cut the military budget by 50%, why we need to bring back our troops scattered overseas, the police force of the world, in over a hundred countries, something like eight hundred…

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There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless.

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The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and activists - as starting revolutions - does not exist in most people's minds. And I think it's very, very important that folks understand how much this country was founded on the enslavement of blacks, and how…

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It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact…

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Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is other currency. Most countries hold reserves and the reserves are other currencies. If you are a backing up the euro with the dollar, what's backing up the dollar? I don't think it is going to go…

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That's what this country is. It's made up of immigrants.

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You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

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The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of…

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In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did not need a passport for any country except Russia.:; The European emigrant, if he could scrape together a few pounds for the passage, simply set sail for America or Australia, and when he got there no…

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