United States Declaration

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    “Prior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying.”
    —Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)

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    “So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter.”
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    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)