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“They understood that America would not flourish without great help from all Americans.”
― If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
― If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
“Tocqueville put it as bluntly as Franklin or Adams had, writing: “Liberty cannot be established without morality.”
― If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
― If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
“But perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that there are no walls between humans and the elephants except those we put up ourselves, and that until we allow not only elephants, but all living creatures their place in the sun, we can never be whole ourselves.”
― The Elephant Whisperer: Learning about Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants
― The Elephant Whisperer: Learning about Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants
“Since the Pilgrims came to our shores in 1620, religious freedom and religious tolerance have been the single most important principle of American life. This”
― If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
― If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
“So Franklin, without feeling the need to explain himself much, is bluntly saying that “freedom requires virtue.” And that less virtue inevitably begets less freedom.”
― If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
― If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
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