"But fame is theirs - and future days On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead - "These for their country fought and bled.""

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Source : Philip Morin Freneau (1861). “Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Illustrative of the Events and Actors in the American War of Independence”, p.293

Philip Freneau

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“Our tax policies, the tax relief and reform we passed in 2003 and 2005, helped get government out of the way of America's entrepreneurs, and our unemployment rate is now lower than it was in the 1970s, the 1980s, and the 1990s.”
“High heels are pleasure with pain.”
“Commerce is a noble profession, and Jews should get over any self-hatred they might harbor from contemplating the capitalist spirit of diaspora Judaism.”
“It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies.”

Source : "You have to laugh" by Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. November 19, 2004.
“My definition of a father is someone who empowers their children.”
“I love cakes. Chocolate and coconut cakes. I love that combination!”
“I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.”
“I'd love to play basketball with the president, or throw the football around or something like that.”

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