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A great cause is staked upon your constancy: for, except you, where among us would Freedom find defenders?
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Sumner stresses the importance of individual commitment to defend freedom.
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Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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