Independence Day
From the Defense Press Service: News
"I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give
me liberty or give me death."
Patrick Henry
American Revolutionary leader
1736-1799
Thomas Paine
American author
1737-1809
"That these united colonies are, and of right ought to be,
free and independent states... ."
Richard Henry Lee American Revolutionary statesman
1732-1794
Benjamin Franklin American statesman 1706-1790
John Dickinson
American politician
1732-1808
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety."
"Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall."
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