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Originally Posted by roachboy
the greatest americans are those who oppose everything about america.
in the main, you do not hear much about them
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i hear variations of this from my most liberal aquaintainces. at best i feel the sentiment is hackneyed, at worst damaging.
Abraham Lincoln - easily my top choice for the reasons listed above
Honorable Mention:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Nathan Hale
Ronald Reagan
Thomas Paine
Frederick Douglas
Teddy Roosevelt
John Glenn
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
Last edited by irateplatypus; 10-28-2004 at 07:08 AM..
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