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Here in America we are descended in blood and spirit from revolutionist and rebel men and women who
dared to dissent from accepted doctrine.
As their heirs may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
--Dwight D Eisenhower

“It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth … For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.”
-- Patrick Henry