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The United States was born in revolution and nurtured by struggle. Throughout our history, the American people have befriended and supported all those who seek independence and a better way of life.

America was born in outrageous ambition, so bold as to be improbable. The deprived, the oppressed, the powerless from all over the globe came here with little more than the desire to realize themselves.

If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.

I was born with a fierce need for independence.

Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

The people who founded America, who fought for its freedom, did not look to anyone else to get them out of their troubles. They took matters into their own hands and answered only to God and their peers. In today's world, sacrifice and hardship are not in the everyday language, and instant gratification is foremost.

The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.

The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.

America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.