“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”~ The Declaration of Independence
“May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!”
~Daniel Webster
“We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls.”
~Robert J. McCracken
“Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.”
~Louis D. Brandeis
illustration courtesy of www.allposters.com
"The Declaration of Independence" by John Trumbull
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