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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,

That among these are

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

- Preamble The Declaration of Independence

Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land

Unto all the inhabitants thereof.

- Inscribed on The Liberty Bell

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me;
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

- Inscribed on The Statue of Liberty