It will be celebrated with pomp and parade, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.

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"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt."

- John Adams

Awareness

"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who, have a right …and a desire to know"

- John Adams

Awareness

"Always stand on principle…even if you stand alone."

- John Adams

Belief

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

- John Adams

Belief

"I believe awesome things will happen. because it's Monday."

- John Adams

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"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

- Leonardo DaVinci

Inspiration

"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives."

- Socrates

Inspiration

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air."

- Wilbur Wright

Inspiration

"Sometimes, flying feels too God-like to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see."

- Charles A. Lindbergh

Inspiration

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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