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The trade balance is not necessarily an issue. However, in America's current case it is.

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Most of use have been taught that Jefferson was adamant about an absolute separation between religion and government. Is this true?

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Declaration of Independence (Abridged)

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights

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What Fixed the Great Depression?

Question: What got America out of the Great Depression, The New Deal or WWII?

“If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use; the freedom of speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” [...] Continue Reading

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Founding Fathers, Quotes

Thomas Paine

Posted on 01 May 2010

“Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one: for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries BY A GOVERNMENT, which we might expect in a country WITHOUT GOVERNMENT, our calamity is heightened by reflecting [...] Continue Reading

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