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Honor roll of history's quotable quotes.(Quick Quotes)(Brief article)

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"So long as our numbers were not large and we did not differ in any important respects from our neighbors, our system of government worked well.... But ever since we ventured beyond our native soil, crossed the water, set foot on many islands and many continents, and filled the whole sea and the whole earth ...

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