On Independence Day

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Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. --Sinclair Lewis

We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.  --John F. Kennedy

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. --John Quincy Adams

Happy Independence Day, one and all; let the grand experiment continue.