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George Santayana on Independence Day

1863–1952 Spain

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A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

The Life of Reason (1905)

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

To the mind of the ancients, who knew something of such matters, liberty and prosperity seemed hardly compatible, yet modern liberalism wants them together.

Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922)

It is not politics that can bring true liberty to the soul; that must be achieved, if at all, by philosophy

Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922)

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