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Quote from Edward Everett,


"Freedom may come quickly in robes of peace, or after ages of conflict and war; but come it will, and abide it will, so long as the principles by which it was acquired are held sacred."


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Edward Everett (more quotes by Edward Everett or books by/about Edward Everett)


(1794-1865) American politician and educator from Massachusetts. US Representative, US Senator, 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, US Secretary of State, professor and president of Harvard

Source:

Orations and Speeches. Address, Aug. 25, 1835. Before the Literary Societies of Amherst College.

Categories:

Freedom, Honor, Peace, Respect, War

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