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Alan Cook, Mystery and Walking Writer
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History
Publisher: Satori Press
ISBN-10: 0961726814
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 64
Copyright: 1996
ISBN-13: 9780961726812
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Quotations from the world's leading champions of freedom, including the founders of the United States of America.
FREEDOM'S LIGHT contains quotations from 38 of history's champions of freedom, from Aristotle to Zlata Filipovic, from George Washington to Martin Luther King, Jr. Included are Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Anne Frank and many more.
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There is one ideal, there is only one,
One concept that’s worth fighting, dying for.
One noble light that far outshines the sun,
Turns night to day, inspires wings to soar.
But in order for a country’s torch to shine
With the unobstructed light of liberty
It must first catch fire in souls like yours and mine,
And there be nurtured individually.
And are we willing to accept the blame
When the light goes out, or work to keep it lit?
We look for help to fan the flickering flame;
We ask the wise to tell the worth of it.
In every generation there are souls
In whom the torch of liberty burns bright;
They fight the oppressors who exact the tolls
That kill each tiny spark of freedom’s light.
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