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Once A Man Has Tasted Freedom He Will Never Be Content To Be A Slave. That Is Why I Believe That This Frightfulness We See Everywhere Today Is Only Temporary. Tomorrow Will Be Better For As Long As America Keeps Alive The Ideals Of Freedom And A Better Life. All Men Will Want To Be Free And Share Our Way Of Life. There Must Be So Much That I Should Have Said, But Haven't. What I Will Say Now Is Just What Most Of Us Are Probably Thinking Every Day. I Thank God And America For The Right To Live And Raise My Family Under The Flag Of Tolerance, Democracy And Freedom.

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Once A Man Has Tasted Freedom He Will Never Be Content To Be A Slave. That Is Why I Believe That This Frightfulness We See Everywhere Today Is Only Temporary. Tomorrow Will Be Better For As Long As America Keeps Alive The Ideals Of Freedom And A Better Life. All Men Will Want To Be Free And Share Our Way Of Life. There Must Be So Much That I Should Have Said, But Haven't. What I Will Say Now Is Just What Most Of Us Are Probably Thinking Every Day. I Thank God And America For The Right To Live And Raise My Family Under The Flag Of Tolerance, Democracy And Freedom.

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Positive Thinking

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