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One country, one constitution, one destiny.

— Daniel Webster

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God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment,—Independence now and Independence forever.

Discourse in Commemoration of Adams and Jefferson (1826)

There is nothing so powerful as truth — and often nothing so strange.

Argument on the murder of Captain Joseph White (1830)

When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.

On the Agriculture of England (1840)

Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.

Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825)

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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

John Lewis

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan

“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”

Poul Anderson The Corridors of Time (1965)

Fate holds the strings, and men like children move
But as they're led: success is from above.

George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne Heroick Love (1702)

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